D.O. Rías Baixas

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About us

The Rías Baixas appellation (La Denominación de Origen Rías Baixas) is a small wine-growing area in north-west Spain, in the region of Galicia. While Rías Baixas has long had a strong wine-growing tradition, passed down from generation to generation, it was only in 1988...

History

A theory exists that the Albariño grape was brought in the 12th century to the monastery of Armenteira (in the Salnés valley, Pontevedra) by the French monks of Cluny, and that its cultivation thereafter spread to the rest of Galicia and the north of Portugal...

Regulation council

The main functions of Regulating Councils (Consejos Reguladores) are Origin Control, Quality Control, Market Control and the promotion of the products under their administration. The Rías Baixas Wine Regulating Council therefore gives every guarantee to the consumer as to the quality and the origin of its wines.

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