An interesting brief history of the development of DO of Málaga in this link to Sur in English. Of the Bentomiz Wines our Ariyanas range is made exclusively with Málaga grapes and the majority are in the DO, with one or two exceptions - Ariyanas David Tinto, for example, is not because, red sweet wines being very rare here, there is no DO of this catagory. Enjoy the article, it is an interesting read!
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https://www.surinenglish.com/lifestyle/food-drink/century-malaga-wines-20240216141658-nt.html

A century of Malaga wines with their own protected brand

In 1924 the need to protect the brand and quality of the sweet wines against imitations made by other regions forced the winemakers to patent the name

Sur in English