Lochy

I'm quite partial to a nice Ribera - Protos and Pesquera being favourites. Any recommendations out there be they Riberas. Riojas, whites or reds? Not looking to break the bank, but prefer it in a bottle to a tetrabrick...

Mitzyboy

Now when we first came here we challenged ourselves to buy the cheapest wine we could, thinking it would be crap. But we got down to under a euro and still didn't find a really bad one. Did go for the tetrabrick once though and that made me ill.

But we like Enterizo Reserva & Marques de Caceres Rioja

rugbymatt

Nearly all the White Rioja's, what a discovery they were in Jerez!

lynnxa

we're into cheap & cheerful too........might splash out a few euros at the bodega around the corner on a special occasion though - they always let you try before you buy, so it's usually different each time


the worst wine ever has to be the free stuff they used to give away in Scallops...............haven't been there for a couple of years now, but they used to do a good brekkie, and you got a free bottle of wine to take home


instant headache - before you get through the first glass

Rosemary

Agree with you about the wine they give away but the red makes a great Spag Bol.

Rosemary

Mitzyboy

Any special recommendations?

lynnxa

& the white's good for marinating

Rosemary

I do not particularly like the taste of alcohol so I tend to like very light smooth white wine and my current favourite is Laderas.

OH is a red wine drinker and he is into Rioja Campo de Gules.

Both are very cheap and cheerful.

Rosemary

rugbymatt

Familia Martínez Bujanda Blanco, a brilliant Bodega anyway.

Luis Cañas Blanco, very good producers of high end wines,

Altos del Cabriel Viura Oak-Aged, a spectacular wine!!

silverchick

there is a bodago in Jalon that does the most delicious sweet red wine, trouble is you can knock it back thinking its RIbena then not be able to stand up!

keithwalters

I would never touch the stuff when I lived in the UK, but spending years living in Jerez rubs off on you in the end. Now I have no problem whatsoever knocking back a good sherry at any given hour of the day. I like the dry whites better than the sweet ones.

Sometimes if you ask for a glass of "white wine" in a bar here you will automatically be given a glass of dry sherry! That took some getting used to.

rugbymatt

Gotta love Pedro Jimenez though mate, its just one of life's guilty pleasures!

keithwalters

I have no guilt. I am shameless.


In fact all this talk of wine has made me decide to go and open a bottle from the fridge right now. Yum yum.

keithwalters

Actually the white Riojas is something we haven´t really looked into - I´ll give one a try next time we´re out.

rugbymatt

First time I tried one I had a smoked pork loin at a restaurant in Jerez, at a place that was plastered in photo's of famous people. It was just off a square next to a church.