Let’s Open a Bottle 17: Rías Baixas and its Albariño Wine

December 08, 2023 00:12:41
Let’s Open a Bottle 17: Rías Baixas and its Albariño Wine
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Let’s Open a Bottle 17: Rías Baixas and its Albariño Wine

Dec 08 2023 | 00:12:41

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Show Notes

Albariño is one of the great Spanish white wines, a stellar voice in a world dominated by red wine. It is probably the first white wine to appear in the Spanish wine revolution as a reference on an international level. Made mainly in the northwest region of Galicia, for years production was small meaning exposure […]

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