After Italy and France, Spain is the third largest world wide wine producer. A special reputation have red wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero, white and red wines from Penedès, a wonderful frothy wine called “cava” and not in the last place, extremely fine white wines, from Ruenda area. The best known typical Spanish sorts are known as: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo.