Spain

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"If you had to determine a national drink for Spain. no doubt it would be Spanish wines.  Spending a warm summer night drinking wine and eating tapas in a square  is one of the most typical pictures of life in Spain. Used for cooking,  drinking and even to throw over people (like the wine festivities in  Jumilla), wine is ever present in the Spanish day to day, and occupies  an important part of the country's production and exportation.

Spain's unique geography and situation are responsible for the wide range of climates available throughout the country which give rise to a large number of  different grape varieties which can be cultivated there. Vineyards  stretch from the green, rolling hills of the north to the arid expanses  of the south, and all the differences between them, from weather to the  richness of the soil and the water, are what makes Spanish wines so special and unique.  The influence of the Cantabric Sea, Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean  Sea play a very important role in the ripening of the fruit, and even  the breezes blowing from them contribute to the differences between Spanish wines."

Courtesy www.spanish-wines.org