Txakoli or Txakolina is a fizzy wine from Northern Spain, mostly Basque Country. This episode explores its cultural roots, styles, grapes, production, regions and some “chacoli” from other areas.

Resources from this episode:

Books:

Basque History of the World [Kindle Edition], Kurlansky, M. (1999)

Oxford Companion to Wine, 4th Edition, Robinson, J. and Harding, J., (2015)

Wine Bible, 2nd Edition, MacNeil, K. (2015)

Websites:

Bizkaiko Txakolina: Regulations https://bizkaikotxakolina.eus/en/designation-of-origin/regulations/

Catavino: Chacolí: The wild wine of Spain, Sadler, Q. https://catavino.net/chacoli-the-wild-wine-of-spain/

Enfocant: La UE dicta sentencia: Cantabria puede hacer uso del término "Chacolí" (2011) http://www.enfocant.info/cantabria/cultura/ue-dicta-sentencia-cantabria-puede-hacer-uso-termino-chacoli

Geocities: El Chacolí su Fiesta, Abello, L. http://www.geocities.ws/bibliotecadonihue/chacoli.htm

Getariako Txakolina Denominación de Origen: Getaria Txakoli https://www.getariakotxakolina.eus/?lang=en

Grupo David Sebastián: Chacolí de término de Miranda (2014) https://grupodavidsebastian.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/chacoli-de-termino-de-miranda/

OK Diario, Gastronomia: Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre el vino Chaoclí, (2017) https://okdiario.com/gastronomia/todo-necesitas-saber-vino-chacoli-132491

Research Gate: Vinos Típicos de Chile: Asecnso y declinación del Chacolí (1810 - 2015) {Typical Wines of Chile: The rise and decline of Chacolí (1810 - 2015)}, Lacoste, P., Castro, A. Quiroz, F., Cussen, F., Soto, N., Rendón, B., Mujica, F., Aguilera, P., Cofré, C., Núñez, E., and Adunka, M. (2015) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281671200_Vinos_tipicos_de_Chile_ascenso_y_declinacion_del_chacoli_1810-2015

Spanish Wines: Basque Country DOs https://www.spanish-wines.org/basque-country.html

Txakoli de Alava Denominación Origen: Txakoli de Alava https://txakolidealava.eus/eu/

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