Castile-La Mancha

For Mediterranean and central Spain, connect drought, bush vines, low planting density and altitude to the styles of Garnacha, Carignana and Monastrell.

Explain why Priorat is concentrated and expensive, why Jumila suits Monastral and why Castilla-La Mancha can support large volume production.

So here are our key takeaways.

Spain combines maritime, continental and Mediterranean climates.

Tempranillo defines Rioja, Ribera del Duero and Toro, but regional climate creates the different styles.

Garnacha and Carignana thrive in hot, dry regions, while old vines and steep slopes give Priorat concentration and high production costs.

Monastrell is suited to the hot Levant, and Erin survives the drought of Castilla-La Mancha.

Always connect ageing terms to fruit quality, winemaking choices and the final style of the wine.

To begin with, it had twice as many teams and that obviously makes the level, the quality of the squad smaller.

But well, leaving this aside, it's not that I miss it because I don't miss it, pero recuerdo con gran cariño que yo me enamoré del fútbol modesto en mi región, en Castilla-La Mancha, también en Madrid, y sobre todo, y como antes hablábamos del Toledo, en el estadio de mi ciudad, que es el estadio Salto del Caballo.

And in terms of the economic situation of the category, we have seen a couple of unfortunate examples, I have to say it, the very sad situation in Tarrazona, another situation in Ocobeirinho with the Alenteiro.

Do you think that...

Y es que si metemos a los filiales del fútbol español en una liga aparte, tenga más foco y más protagonismo de todos los medios y del aficionado español.

Y creo que está bien que compartan, que el Real Madrid Castilla visite Águilas este fin de semana, me parece algo maravilloso.

O yo con mis ojos vi a Zinedine Zidane en un pueblo de Castilla-La Mancha, como era Socuellamos o La Roda, y esas imágenes yo te las cuento hoy aquí.

Así que creo que es algo que se me ha quedado en la cabeza a mí y a un montón de aficionados, claro.

For those that... really don't know much about Toledo.

Toledo is an ancient city set on a hill above the plains of Castilla la Mancha in central Spain.

It's known for its medieval Arab, Jewish and Christian monuments and it's walled city.

And they call it the city of three cultures for that reason, don't they?

Also, our names means lack of water.

[laughs] So Castilla-La Mancha means lack of water.

Castilla-La Mancha is a desertic region, which means it has very limited water already, and climate change is making that even worse.

Beyond the residents, there are big pig farms that use a lot of water, and over-tourism leads that problem to being worse too.

Residents like Aurora fear there simply isn't enough water to go around, especially with the big demands being made by data centers and how climate change is making an already drought-prone region even worse.

So because of that, they looked out for help.

They even tried to get in touch with political parties, but they didn't receive much support.

Like in the Dals, Dublin, or Castilla-La Mancha, Google came to Cerrillos with the usual pitch.

Yeah, that surprised me.

PSOE-run regions like Castilla-La Mancha and Asturias rejected their own party's proposal.

They argue that this system betrays core socialist ideals by rewarding wealthier regions, namely Catalonia, with financial privileges based on a principle called ordinality.

Wait, pause there.

So the Madrid region is one of Europe's fastest growing data center markets, and it's really becoming a multi-hub story sort of across the whole peninsula, rather than just one city.

So Barcelona, as we were mentioning before, the Mediterranean connectivity, and then there are also autonomous communities, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, and the Valencian region.

They're all picking up large projects behind Madrid.

And then moreover, I mean, it's, you know, connecting to Portugal too.