Here’s your Galician Wine News roundup from June and July 2024, translated into English for your convenience.

How controversial billboard placement speaks to a deeper problem in how Galicia’s wine regions market themselves.

Here’s a rundown of what happened in Galician wine in May 2024, translated to English for your convenience.

To begin to think about Galicia, its people, its culture, and its wine, we need to start with the Galician language: galego. I’ve been told I speak Spanish with a Galician accent—the sing-song, musical, rising and falling cadence that’s one of the first things people from the rest of Spain will imitate. “Ah, galleguiño!” they’ll say, using the distinct -iño/-iña diminutive native to Galicia. “Que tal las vaquiñas?”

Here’s a rundown of the Galician wine news for March, translated to English for your convenience.

Galicia’s winegrowers make up 39.9% of the national total, making it the autonomous community with the largest number of growers. “The Economic and Social Importance of the Wine Sector in Galicia” confirms wine’s importance as a motor of the Galician economy and also reflects the role grape growing plays in stemming demographic losses sustained in rural Galicia.

Dominique Roujou de Boubée is a winemaker, consultant, and adopted Gallego. He’s used his expertise to advise Galician wineries for over a decade as winemaker for As Bateas, Ponte da Boga, and most recently, an artisan project in O Rosal.