Wine & Wine tasting

[ppp]

I read this story about wine and wine tasting:
Very interesting,

Spain makes nearly as much wine as Italy and France, but the natives drink it right up and export little, so they don't see much Spanish wine in the UK..
This is a shame for the Brits back home because the wines of Spain can be startlingly good, combining the finesse and character of France's finest with a sunny, Mediterranean quality like that of Italy
On the other hand, it's a delicious secret for wine tasters in the know, because the laws of supply and demand have kept most Spanish wines in the bargain range.
Spanish sparkling wines from Freixenet (particularly its Cordon Negro in a Darth Vader-black bottle) and Codorniu (whose "English Cuvee Brut Clasico" is a favourite Spanish sparkler) are gaining deserved popularity.

Watch this space.......................

[ppp]

Rioja, in north-central Spain, above Madrid, became home to emigrant French wine makers in the early 18th century; however, the Rioja grape dates back to 865 when Monks started making wine. The French applied their traditional skills to their new country's native grapes to create a new wine with a familiar accent.
Today, Rioja is one of the finest red wines produced in Spain and doctors often recommend it over other wines to patients who suffer from heartburn after drinking ordinary wine.
Among Rioja labels usually available in this area are the products of Marques de Caceres, Marques de Riscal, Domecq and Olarra. Most Rioja wines are aged in Oak casks which give them their distinctive flavour.

[chiccomallo]

Don Simon is one of my favourite wines 

[cousin jack]

You always did have expensive tastes Col xx

[harry]

As with MOST of the Rubbish talked about in this World regarding almost ANY Subject one can think of. When it comes to Quality,  Likes,   Dislikes,  Loves,  Hates,  etc. etc  et.al.  In the Final Analysis there is REALLY only the  ONE Criteria to consider, What do YOU like , whether it be Reading, Drinks, Food, Religion, or in the end,  ANYTHING  at all.
 Is`nt that the main consideration ?  Just because some Nose Upturned Snob says a particular Wine is made in Heaven,  (Or hell!), and he extols it to the Sky, then you try it and it`s like a Dog`s Leg Cocking leavings (To You !) try going on your own cognisance, and if HE likes the stuff let HIM drink it.  You SHOULD drink what YOU like, plus Read, Eat, See,etc.    then, if it suits you , ignore his opinions, and stick to your own,  they are surely as valid as anyone`s ?
 WE like properly cooked vegetables, and NOT, the  RAW "Al Dente" stuff, as foisted on us  by some "Restauranters".   This whether,  in an attempt to ` Educate` us, or to  fool us, should be no part of their business, which is, SIMPLY,  to supply  US, with what WE want,  VERY simple solution, no supply, no go !  Go some place which suits US .   Unpeeled Potatoes  ?

No Thaanks ! even in the Army they were peeled. !