Rioja has record-breaking sales
Sales of Rioja have broken a previous record set before the economic downturn, by selling 277 million litres in 2013. This is up 4% on the previous year. 90% of the sales are red wine with Crianza accounting for 101 million litres, Reserva 44m litres and Gran Reserva 6 million.
Domestic sales accounting for 63% of the total but Rioja's main export markets are the UK, Germany, USA and Switerland which account for 70% of exports.