Level 6 · Lesson 4
Spain I: Green Spain and the Atlantic North
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Glossary
Terms that have earned their place
- Albariño
- A white grape prominent in Rías Baixas; also known as Alvarinho in Portugal.
- Mencía
- A red grape used in parts of northwestern Spain, including the lesson’s red-wine comparison.
- Txakoli
- A wine identity associated with the Basque Country; read the actual origin, grape and production details.
Keep digging
Sources and further reading
- Coastal origin/subzone and viticulture context.
- Transition climate, local grape blending.
- Viña Costeira founding in 1968 and local-variety purpose, attributed council account.
- Valdeorras origin and Godello context.
- Bierzo context.
- Getariako origin context.
- Natural Earth map-data terms — publisher restricts automated access
- Martín Códax Albariño — Authentic producer range reference. Image vintage and actual tasting edition require matching; no stock or price claim.
- Viña Costeira Ribeiro — Producer range sheet, May 2023 file; no harvest vintage assigned.
- Avancia Godello — 2024 producer-group catalogue, page 6, Avancia Godello; not Cuvée de O.
- Pétalos del Bierzo — Historical importer label image; filename identifies 2011, not current stock.
- Txomin Etxaniz Txakoli — Undated producer white Txakoli sheet; PDF page 1 bottle crop.
- Albariño: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
- Treixadura: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
- Godello: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
- Mencía: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
- Hondarrabi Zuri: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
Sources support the teaching model; they do not make promotional regional descriptions universal bottle guarantees.