The best Spanish wines to taste right now

Our wine expert has chosen six Spanish wines from regions you might not normally consider 

Leslie Williams has chosen four Spanish wines for every price point. File photo.

The annual Drinks Ireland Wine report was issued recently and shows a couple of interesting trends. 

Wine represents 27% of the alcohol market in Ireland (it is second after beer), and we remain the highest taxed country in the EU with €3.19 excise on every bottle and a further 23% VAT added onto the retail price at the till. Rosé sales increased by 1% to 6% of overall sales and consumption of wine per capita actually fell a little (as did alcohol consumption generally).