# Spanish wine regions

The mainstream quality wine regions in Spain are referred to as denominaciones de origen protegidas (DOP) (similar to the French Appellations) and the wine they produce is regulated for quality according to specific laws, and in compliance with European Commission Regulation (CE) 753/2002. In 2016, the use of the term Denominación de Origen (DO) was updated to Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA – Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación); the traditional term of DO can still be used legally on labels, but it will eventually be replaced by DOP.
The wine region classification in Spain takes a quite complex hierarchical form in which the denominación de origen protegida is a mainstream grading, equivalent to the French AOC and the Italian DOC. As of 2019, Spain has 138 identifiable wine regions under some form of geographical classification (2 DOCa/DOQ, 68 DO, 7 VC, 19 VP, and 42 VT). The Spanish DO is actually a subset of the EU-sponsored QWPSR (Quality Wine Produced in Specific Regions) regulatory code (vino de calidad producido en región determinada (VCPRD) in Spanish) which Spain formally adopted in 1986, upon accession to the (then) EEC. The Spanish appellation hierarchy was most recently updated in 2016, and is as follows:
In 2006 a new Vino de la Tierra "super-region" was created called Viñedos de España. This was never ratified by the EU, and it was abolished in 2011.
Although almost all wine regions are confined to specific centres of production, some of the top denominaciones (Cava and Rioja in particular) are the product of more than one Autonomous Community. This is in contrast to Vinos de Pago, where the location criteria are very strict indeed, often centering on specific plots of land and admitting only those wines produced in their immediate vicinity.

## List of Spanish Denominaciones de Origen Protegido and Vinos de la Tierra by Community

| Autonomous Community | Denominación de Origen Protegido (DOP) Vino de Calidad con Indicación Geográfica (VC) (DOCa and Vino de Pago in bold) | IGP / Vinos de la Tierra (VT) |
| Andalusia | Condado de Huelva Granada Jerez-Xeres-Sherry Lebrija (VC) Málaga (wine) Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda Montilla-Moriles Sierras de Málaga | Altiplano de Sierra Nevada Bailén Cádiz Córdoba Cumbres del Guadalfeo Desierto de Almería Laderas del Genil Laujar-Alpujarra Los Palacios Norte de Almería Ribera del Andarax Sierra Norte de Sevilla Sierra Sur de Jaén Sierras de Las Estancias y Los Filabres Torreperogil Villaviciosa de Córdoba |
| Aragon | Calatayud Campo de Borja Cariñena Somontano Cava (multi-regional) Pago Aylés (Vino de Pago) | Bajo Aragón Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas Ribera del Jiloca Ribera del Queiles (multi-regional) Valdejalón Valle del Cinca |
| Asturias | Cangas (VC) | (none) |
| Cantabria | (none) | Costa de Cantabria Liébana |
| Castile and León | Arlanza Arribes Bierzo Cigales Ribera del Duero Rueda Sierra de Salamanca (VC) Tierra de León Tierra del Vino de Zamora Toro Valles de Benavente (VC) Valtiendas (VC) Cava (multi-regional) | Castilla y León |
| Castile-La Mancha | Almansa Campo de Calatrava Jumilla (multi-regional) La Mancha Manchuela Méntrida Mondéjar Ribera del Júcar Uclés Valdepeñas Campo de La Guardia (Vino de Pago) Casa del Blanco (Vino de Pago) Dehesa del Carrizal (Vino de Pago) Dominio de Valdepusa (Vino de Pago) Finca Élez (Vino de Pago) Guijoso (Vino de Pago) Pago Calzadilla (Vino de Pago) Pago Florentino (Vino de Pago) | Castilla |
| Catalonia | Alella Catalunya Conca de Barberà Costers del Segre Empordà Montsant Penedès Pla de Bages Priorat (DOCa) Tarragona Terra Alta Cava (multi-regional) | (none) |
| Community of Madrid | Vinos de Madrid | (none) |
| Valencian Community | Alicante Utiel-Requena Valencia Cava (multi-regional) El Terrerazo (Vino de Pago) Los Balagueses (Vino de Pago) | Castelló |
| Extremadura | Ribera del Guadiana Cava (multi-regional) | Extremadura |
| Galicia | Monterrei Rías Baixas Ribeira Sacra Ribeiro Valdeorras | Barbanza e Iria Betanzos Ribeiras do Morrazo Valle del Miño-Orense |
| Balearic Islands | Binissalem Plà i Llevant | Formentera Ibiza Illes Balears Mallorca Isla de Menorca Serra de Tramuntana-Costa Nord |
| Canary Islands | Abona El Hierro Gran Canaria La Gomera La Palma Lanzarote Tacoronte-Acentejo Valle de Güímar Valle de la Orotava Ycoden-Daute-Isora | Canary Islands |
| Foral Community of Navarre | Navarra Rioja (DOCa) Cava (multi-regional) Pago de Arínzano (Vino de Pago) Otazu (Vino de Pago) Prado de Irache (Vino de Pago) | Ribera del Queiles (multi-regional) 3 Riberas |
| Basque Country | Txacolí de Bizcaia Txacolí de Getaria Txacolí de Álava Rioja Alavesa (DOCa) Cava (multi-regional) | (none) |
| Murcia | Bullas Jumilla (multi-regional) Yecla | Campo de Cartagena Murcia |
| La Rioja | Rioja (DOCa) Cava (multi-regional) | Valles de Sadacia |