Wines of The Times: Albariños From Spain

Albarino: Spain's Most Popular White Wine

Albarino is a lively wine-crisp, aromatic, and slightly minerally. This popular Spanish wine offers a refreshing, affordable alternative to the usual white wine choices.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/13/dining/20080813_TASTING_FEATURE.html?ref=spain&_r=0#

The consistent popularity of albariño is a tribute both to the fundamental appeal of these bright, thirst-quenching wines and to the canny marketing efforts of Spanish winemakers, who made it the signature white wine of the Rías Baixas region of Galicia, in northwestern Spain.

 

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