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It’s December. 2024 is drawing to a close, and it’s time for us all to reflect on the important things in life, like how many bottle shots of Galician wine we posted to Instagram. Here are 12 wines I loved in 2024 that sum up my year in Galician wine.
Harvest 2024 is all but completed in Galicia, and all signs point to a great year for quality. Though the amount of grapes harvested was slightly lower than in 2023, good weather conditions throughout the growing season allowed for a slow and complete ripening, which points to a potentially great vintage.…
Despite godello’s meteoric rise, just fifty years ago the grape was on the edge of extinction. 2024 marks 50 years of the ReViVal plan—50 years since the beginning of godello’s rise to fame. Its modern success is a testament to a wine region that managed not only to recover it, but to also turn it into one of the most appreciated white wines in Spain.
Amid uncertainty and turmoil, the aid package for crisis distillation of surplus wine in DO Ribeira Sacra has been announced: growers will get €1.05 per liter of wine they get rid of.
That amount was confirmed on September 27 by the Consellería de Medio Rural, and the official order releasing the funds will be published tomorrow in the Diario Oficial de Galicia, with the deadline to apply for distillation aid set one month from the day after publication.