D. O. Demise in Spain?

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In January 2016 a group of 150 of the leading winemakers, writers and retailers of Spain met, following a smaller and earlier inaugural meeting convened by Telmo Rodriguez, of Bodegas Remelluri fame (along with several others), a wine-maker who has achieved almost god-like status in Spain where he is responsible for some of the finest wines on the Iberian Peninsular.
The assembled group gathered in order to write and sign the ā€˜Manifesto in Defence of Spanish Terroir.ā€™ This document pulled no punches, with an opening line that stated, ā€˜ . . . . . the Spanish appellation system has been oblivious to soil differentiation and quality levels and that entrenched systems such as Riojaā€™s Consejo Regulador organising its wines by length of barrel and bottle ageing rather than geographic location was no longer working for many producers.ā€™

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