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It would be easy enough to think of Utiel-Requena’s long winemaking history as if founded, quite literally, upon the intricate system of underground cellars that have, since the Middle Ages, been the very bowels of the region’s villages. Under each house one finds excavated cellars formed of room-size fermentation chambers – many of which lined […]

Located in Valencia province in eastern Spain, DO Utiel-Requena has a long history of producing wine, but isn’t a region that’s weighed down by tradition. Keeping one eye on the future, this innovative and forward-thinking DO has plenty to offer both winemakers and wine lovers. Its dynamic approach is firmly rooted in its heritage, its land and its people. That heritage is founded on thousands of years of winemaking history. Archaeological remains dating back as far as the 6th century BCE provide evidence of winemaking first by Phoenician settlers, then Greeks and Romans. This flourishi...