Catalonia (Catalunya in Catalan and Cataluña in Spanish) is an autonomous community in the Northeast of Spain. It extends from the historic county (comarca) of Montsia in the South to the border with France in the north. The Mediterranean Sea forms its eastern border and offers 580 km of coastline. The Catalunya D.
O. C. was the first regional D. O.
C. in Spain. Created in 1999, it covers all the scattered vineyards that were not covered by one of the other 11 DOs in the region. The capital of Catalonia is the bustling Barcelona, Spain's second largest city and one of the largest ports on the Mediterranean.
white wines from the region of Catalogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of avocado and marinated tuna poke bowl, fondue with lao sukiyaki sauce (laos) or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.
