Reference Material on Spanish Wine

English Language Books

• 'The New Vignerons' by Luis Gutiérrez
  Wine Advocate writer Luis Gutiérrez's book contains 14 profiles of vignerons, each of them different, spanning most of the wine-producing regions of Spain. Editorial Planeta, 2017
• 'The New Spain' by John Radford
  Second edition published 2004, divided into regions, color coded on the page edge for easy reference back to a key map in the introduction, from Mitchell Beazley.
  [ISBN 1840009284]
• "The Oxford Companion to Wine", by Jancis Robinson
  For many this is the most complete wine guide available: nearly 4,000 entries of in depth information on wines, grapes, winemaking, and lots more. The new 4th edition has an expanded section on Spanish wines. My go to reference.
• "Spanish Wines", by Jan Read
  From Mitchell Beazley Publishers, a very good guide to both Spanish wines and Spain as well. (Also available in German, and there's another title by the same author on wines of Rioja.)
  [ISBN 0 85533 458 4]
• "Hugh Johnson's Pocket Encyclopedia of Wine"
  From Mitchell Beazley Publishers, a good guide to wines in general with a useful section on Spanish wine.
  [ISBN 0684867567]
• "Wine Tasting", by Michael Broadbent
  From Mitchell Beazley Publishers, a wine tasters guide.
  [ISBN 0 85533 3731]
• "Wine Buyers Guide", by Robert Parker
  From Simon & Schuster/Fireside, probably the best known wine guide around.
  [ISBN 074322932]
• "The Travelers Wine Guides: Spain"
  From Philip Clark Limited and Waymark Publications.
  [ISBN 0 86145 762 5]
• "Wines, Grapes and Vines", by Jancis Robinson
  From Mitchell Beazley Publishers, a good overall reference for wines and vines.
  [ISBN 0 86145 581 5]
• "The Wine Atlas of Spain and traveller's guide to the vineyards" by Hubrecht Duijker
  From Mitchell Beazley Publishers, a very useful wine atlas.
• "The new Wines of Spain", by Tony Lord
  From Christopher Helm. Lots of information about the modern wine-making and wine-makers in Spain.
• "A Season in Spain", by Ann and Larry Walker
  From Simon & Schuster, a good guide to Spain, Spanish cooking and Spanish wine.
  [ISBN 0-671-69662-9]
• "Spain on a Plate", by María José Sevilla
  From BBC Books, a first-rate guide to Spanish cooking.
  [ISBN 0 563 36347 9]

  Spanish Language Books

• "Guia Peñín de los Vinos de España", by José Peñín
  From Pi & Erre, probably the largest and most accurate guide to Spanish wines. The 2020 edition is just out. Also available online.
• "Guia de Vinos Gourmet, 2020"
  From Club Gourmet, an excellent reference for wines, wineries and wine shopping.
  
• "Guia de los Vinos y Bodegas de España"
  From Folio. The writers are famous Spanish wine experts, one of them is Miguel Torres. (Forword by Hugh Johnson). Contains very detailed and useful information on Spanish bodegas.

  Other Languages

• "Spanien und seine Weine: Von Klassik bis Avantgarde" (Deutsch)
  Gebundene Ausgabe - 7. September 2009, von David Schwarzwälder.
• "Die grossen Weine der Rioja", by Hubrecht Duijker
  [German] Lots of good information on Rioja, its wines, and wineries.[ISBN 84-605-3619-X] Very good photography as well. Also available in English under the title "The wines of Rioja" (London: Mitchell Beazley), and in Dutch[ISBN 84-605-3619-X] - "De goode wijnen van Rioja" (Amsterdam: Het Spectrum)
• "Espanjan viineje", by Matti Larres [Finnish]
  A pocket book, useful guide by Finland's Spanish wine authority.

Note: Special thanks to Rae Fahlenius, a self confessed "wine aficionado" from Finland for his additions to this list.
{J.Riis April 2020}