Pardal Tempranillo Bodegas Gllegas, Galicia, Spain — €10.80

AH SPAIN. Is there any wonder so many of us go there on holidays every year.

Almost no other country produces so many drinkable wines at such good prices. If you are broke there are two country’s wines I recommend — Chile and Spain. Given the affinity of the Irish with Spain and that they have such terrible unemployment at the moment, Spain could be said to deserve your money more.

While we all know Rioja and Tempranillo there is so much more to the wines of Spain — from intense spicy Garnacha and Monastrell to the obscure delights of Graciano, Maturano and Mencia and Albariño, Godello, Loureira, Treixadura and Caiño Blanco in white.