C.R.D.O. Rueda (A)

IT IS TIME TO HARVEST THE SAUVIGNON BLANC VARIETY IN RUEDA A.O.

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Vineyard health conditions are very good and the expected production is lower than last year because of the lack of rain and the hot temperatures during the summer.     Wineries of the D.O. Rueda have begun the Harvest of the Sauvignon Blanc which is the first varietal to be picked because its vegetative cycle is shorter and has an earlier ripening than the other varieties. The …

SPAINGOURMETOUR: REVIVING VERDEJO

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Ask any wine-lober about Verdejo whites and they will talk about fresh, light wines with fragrant, sometines surprising aromas. But today the most ambitious winemakers of teh Rueda designation of Origin,….. (see the article of SapinGourmetour magazine)

RUEDA MOVES INTO THE LONDON UNDERGROUND

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Promoting its image as a modern, young wine appellation, Rueda has covered the Custom House underground station walls in London with advertising With the message “Rueda & Everything”, the promotional body of the Rueda appellation has completed an unprecedented advertising campaign in the United Kingdom on the occasion of the 32nd edition of the London Wine Fair (May 22-24), the …

THE RUEDA 2011 VINTAGE HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN RANKED “EXCELLENT” -A FIRST FOR THE RUEDA APPELLATION

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The undisputed high quality of the 2011 vintage has been re-affirmed in results at International Wine Challenges, by the opinions of specialised wine critics and in the growth of sales of Rueda wines.  The plenary of the Rueda Appellation Control Board has now ratified for the first time in its history the official rank of “Excellent” for the 2011 vintage, after studying the …