Look to Spanish red wines for value, flavour and depth

I am often asked to give general (and difficult) wine recommendations along the lines of — “what red wines do you like?” and my answer has been the same for the last few years — look to Spain.

Yes the wines of Chile are reliable and increasingly interesting, Portugal’s use of native grapes is always exciting and good value, France and Italy are still fascinating, but in terms of value, flavour and for breadth as well as depth, I recommend Spain.

Torres is an interesting example, easily one of the largest wine producers in the world (exporting to 150 countries), but they never stop striving and have never stood still.