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Jumilla wines are very good and we have been to the Bulas family vineyard and bought some very good ones there
Posted: Wed Dec 2, 2020 7:25am
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Ginger wrote on Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:12pm:
I came to live in Spain 5 years ago and find the wines very limited, all are Spanish of varying qualities. Before arriving in Spain I lived in France for many years, the supermarkets there had not only French wine but a vast selection of international wines, including Spanish. I really miss a goo...
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...d Minerva or Fitou, never found here in Spain.
We live in France and winter every year in Spain last year on Roda. We always stock up on Spanish wine before returning home as it’s a nice change from French to offer friends. We could bring you a selection of your favourite french wine next winter in return for dinner 😄
PeterC wrote on Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:22am:
We are lucky that in Spain we can buy a very drinkable wine for around €3 a bottle - say a young Rioja? If you are entertaining wine snobs you could test them by decanting the bottle a few hours before serving to get air into it. Very few people can really tell. I had an extremely rich brother-...
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...in-law who was happy to share his wealth by serving £300 a bottle wine when I dined there but he occassionally slipped in a bottle of plonk to see if it was spotted....it rarely was!
I agree that there is a lot of snobbery in wine, although back in the 80s when the cheap options were Le Piat D'Or (which the French definitely didn't adore!) and the Paul Masson wine carafes from California, perhaps some label recognition was needed!
New World wines starting the trend to buy wine by the grape variety, instead of the area or vinyard, have helped democratise wine. However, I also agree that while the selection of affordable Spanish wine is very good, that is pretty much the only choice available in most supermarkets / shops.
The most importnant decision is to buy & drink what you like and not be influenced by the label or any snobbery associated with it...
Posted: Wed Dec 2, 2020 1:22pm
RichT wrote on Wed Dec 2, 2020 12:49pm:
I agree that there is a lot of snobbery in wine, although back in the 80s when the cheap options were Le Piat D'Or (which the French definitely didn't adore!) and the Paul Masson wine carafes from California, perhaps some label recognition was needed!
New World wines starting the trend to buy wine by the grape variety, instead of the area or vinyard, have helped democratise wine. However, I also agree that while the selection of affordable Spanish wine is very good, that is pretty much the only choice available in most supermarkets / shops....
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The most importnant decision is to buy & drink what you like and not be influenced by the label or any snobbery associated with it...
Absolutely on the button...if you like it bugger the critics/wine snobs/know-alls... just drink and enjoy it.
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