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Sep 8, 2014
Spain dominates wine production as industry grows
Spain produced the most wine in the world last year and the country is also seeing an increase in smaller vineyards and indigenous Spanish grapes.
Eloy Sanchez, summellier and advicer of Casa de la Ermita Vineyards, poses for a portrait sniffing one of the company's wines in the tasting room at the winery, in Jumilla, near Murcia, Spain, Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Spain produced more wine than any other country in the world in 2013.
Eloy Sanchez, summellier and advicer of Casa de la Ermita Vineyards, poses for a portrait sniffing one of the company's wines in the tasting room at the winery, in Jumilla, near Murcia, Spain, Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Spain produced more wine than any other country in the world in 2013.
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Spain produced the most wine in the world last year and the country is also seeing an increase in smaller vineyards and indigenous Spanish grapes.

Spanish wine makers have good reason to raise a glass in celebration. 

Last year, Spain produced more wine than any other country in the world thanks to ideal grape-growing conditions, namely a wet spring and a hot dry summer. 

But there are other things going on in the Spanish wine industry too.

An increasing number of smaller vineyards for example, and an increasing use of indigenous Spanish varieties of grapes. 

The BBC's Madrid correspondent Tom Burridge says Spanish wine is no longer just about 'Rioja'. 

Burridge sent a report from Spain's wine-growing areas.