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

MOST of us think of red wines made from Tempranillo and Garnacha (Grenache) when we think of Spain, but this week I want to highlight one of my favourite white wines.

JUST a few days before Christmas and I hope you have your wines chosen. If not don’t fret, most wine shops and supermarkets have frozen their prices until Christmas before the €1 excise duty is added.

Iktitaf heads a field of just six runners for tomorrow’s Anglo Irish Bank Corporate Treasury Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown.

OH SO LIVELY, winner of the race last year, did the business again in the David O'Meara and Sons Handicap Chase at Cork yesterday.