Rueda is Castilia y Leon's fine white wine region and has been leading the way for white wine in Spain since the 1970's when Marqués de Riscal ceased white wine making in Rioja and moved it here. What brought them here was the cool, sunny continental climate and the local, beautifully fruity Verdejo grape which has finally come into its inheritance as a great white grape.The climate also proved perfect for Sauvignon Blanc and so true international Spanish white wines were born made from these two grapes and blends of them both.