Deeper details on Valencia’s wine border conflict

For years now, a local skirmish between the three denominations of origin in Spain’s Autonomous Region of Valencia has been brewing. While in no way living up to geopolitical crisis that’s been unfolding in Ukraine, in the local wine world, it’s been quite heated resulting in this final line in a press release once resolution had been reached: “Por fin se ha hecho justicia.” (Finally, justice has been served.) This strongly-worded statement was made by the DO Utiel-Requena last July. It refers to a Spanish Supreme Court ruling that was […]