Our take
Opera Prima Paloma Spanish Sparkling Wine
- Style
- Sparkling wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Region
- Spain
- Shelf barcode
- 0017619025232
Our take
What we make of this bottle
Among the sparkling wines we track, Paloma is one of the least expensive, and the exact price can wait a paragraph. Ratings take less time. We do not have a shopper rating for this wine; 448 wines we track do carry one, with a middle score of 4.71 out of five.
The rest of the name reads Spanish Sparkling Wine, and the Spanish part deserves a moment. Our Spain guide finds Atlantic weather in one corner of the country, Mediterranean conditions in another, continental conditions inland, mountain and island vineyards besides, and it adds that elevation alone can change growing conditions sharply within a single area. Spain is a country of origin, then, not one wine designation; the names that do pin things down, the country's protected denominations, are maintained separately by the agriculture ministry, each with its own boundaries and rules. In our August 2026 checks we found Paloma for as little as $7.49.
At the top end, those same August 2026 checks showed $9.99. As for who makes it, that comes straight from the brand: Opera Prima says its wines, Paloma among them, are produced by Garcia Carrion in Spain.
The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Aug 14, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.
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Read our take →The prices we checked
Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$7.49
- Ralphs, Long Beach, CA$9.99
- King Soopers, Colorado Springs, CO$7.99
- Smith's, Las Vegas, NV$8.99
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$8.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$7.99
- Fry's, Tucson, AZ$7.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$7.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
From the producer
Producer
Opera Prima says its wines, including Paloma, are produced by Garcia Carrion in Spain.
Research status
What we are still checking
Our overview above draws on the dated store feed, shopper ratings, our region and grape research, and any sourced producer facts. We are still working to confirm the current release, the full producer record, and the bottle itself, and we update this page as we learn more.
Getting to know Spain.
Spanish vineyards extend from wet Atlantic country through high inland plateaus to the Mediterranean coast and islands. A Spain label does not establish one grape, climate or regional rule.
What the name means
Spain is a country origin, not one wine designation. The agriculture ministry maintains separate protected denominations and geographic indications with their own boundaries and specifications.
How grapes grow here
Atlantic, continental, Mediterranean, mountain and island influences all appear in Spanish wine country. Elevation can also change growing conditions sharply within the same broad part of the country.
What lies under the vines
Spain's wine regions include many different rock and soil settings. The country name alone cannot identify the ground beneath a vineyard.
How large the region is
- Wine-grape vineyard area, 2025
- The agriculture ministry reported 889,469 hectares of vineyard used for wine grapes.
- Protected origins
- The ministry lists individual wine DOP and IGP records and links each name to its competent authority and specification.
Places within the region
- North and northwest
- Green Spain, the Duero River Valley and the Ebro River Valley contain separate wine regions and protected origins.
- Center, coast and islands
- The central plateau, Mediterranean coast, Andalusia, and the Balearic and Canary Islands add further climates and origin systems.
Where this information comes from
- Store listing
- Price, package, product identifier. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
- Barcode
- The shelf barcode shown here is computed from the store product identifier. It has not been checked against a bottle.
- Method
- Every price, rating and fact here is a dated observation. How we check.