the wine culture has always been a tradition for the people of these lands, in fact the Wine Culture is based on many of the customs, festivals and literature from the village of La Mancha. 

We must not forget the allusions that make the wine from La Mancha's great writers of the Golden Age Miguel de Cervantes masterpiece “Don Quixote”, Cervantes makes several references to wine as one that says, "both praised the wine that put him in the clouds, but dare not leave much in them so that they won’t get ruined " 

Although the documented origins of vineyards in La Mancha dated XII-XIII centuries after it repopulated in the times of Reconquista, some would argue that the vines from La Mancha date back to the Roman times. However, the cultivation of vineyards in La Mancha reaches its maximum expansion since 1940, due to the implementation of many wine producers throughout the region. The wine is also the main economic activity of the municipalities of the Designation of Origin- DO