What’s the only medieval kingdom to have a cup of wine on its shield? Which part of Spain has the most indigenous grape varieties, going all the way back to the Romans? Where did the first wines to be drunk in the New World come from? There’s one answer to all these questions: Galicia.
Here, people have been making wine since the time of the Romans. Winemaking and wine drinking form a thread running through Galicia’s past, present, and future. Many of these stories are undiscovered by the English-speaking world up until now, but very much deserve to be told. If you want to delve deeper into the thousand-year history of wine in Galicia, look no further.
