Spanish kosher wines

Recently the Chicago Tribune had a feature on Spanish kosher wines, looking at three wineries producing them.

The Capçanes cooperative of the Monsant D.O. began producing Flor de Primavera / Paraj Ha'abib in 1995, at the request of the Jewish community in Barcelona. The grapes are grown and the wines are fermented according to the Meshuval requirements under rabinical supervision. According the Spanish wine export promotion board, it is one of the few wines Israel allows to be imported into the country, with the US presently taking in about 40 percent of Capçanes' total exports.

While Flor de Primavera is the single kosher wine among several produced by Capçanes, Elvi Wines with wineries in the Ribera del Júcar, Priorat, La Rioja and other regions, is exclusively devoted to producing kosher wines. Elvi produces kosher white, red, sweet wines and Cava.

Other Spanich kosher wine producers include Ramón Bilbao of La Rioja and La Xarmada in the Penedes D.O.