PowerPoint Presentation - Navigating the Wines of Spain and Portugal

•The wine industry revives under cooperatives - big companies making cheap wine.

•The market booms in the 70s and 80s, and economic freedoms under democracy lead to an educated middle class interested in better wine.

•Changes in the 90s include internationally trained winemakers, private estates taking over cooperatives, international varieties becoming more common, and winery and vineyard modernization that cause style changes favored on international markets.