Article: Worldbeat.(Pago movement in Spain, Hardys' new wines, honoring of Michael Broadbent)

Legislation has been introduced in Spain to allow a new denomination of origin (DO) called Pago. The new regulation will allow estate wine producers, whether within or outside an existing DO, to become a Pago. The wines must be from the estate vineyard, made and bottled on the property. The estate must also have a reputation for very high quality. (Pago, which means payment in Spanish, has a secondary meaning of "a rural area or residence.")

A group of winegrowers has formed an association called the Grandes Pagos de Castilla, which at the moment includes eight bodegas in the province of Castilla y Leon in central Spain, according to Gourmetour, a Spanish ...

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