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Duero

American  
[dwe-raw] / ˈdwɛ rɔ /

noun

  1. Spanish name of Douro.


Duero British  
/ ˈduero /

noun

  1. the Spanish name for the Douro

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Cepa 21 is located in Castrillo de Duero, a small village in north-western Spain.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024

By contrast, Goyo García Viadero works in a more established region, Ribera del Duero, and largely with tinto fino, as the well-known tempranillo grape is called in the region.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

The Yecla de Yeltes is on the Huebra River, a 122-kilometre-long tributary of the Duero, which is one of the Iberian Peninsula’s main rivers.

From Nature ● May 15, 2018

Modeled after the first wine of the Ribera del Duero region, this beautiful, savory wine is made exclusively from tinto fino, another name for tempranillo.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2018

He, the governor, had been deceived by his private secretary Duero, and De Lares the royal treasurer, who had both made some previous agreement with Cortes to procure him the command.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

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