SUMMER 2014 seems to be getting better and better to the extent that eating outside seems to have become the norm in our house.

I RETURN to the wines of Spain again this week which I realise is starting to become a bit of a habit.

I AM frequently asked what wine is the best value at the moment and I have had a stock answer for a number of years: buy from Chile and Spain.

TALK of property taxes and home repossessions is dominating our airwaves, but spare a thought for Spain where home owners seem to be in even worse trouble.

FROM the 1970s until recently, if someone mentioned Spanish wines your first (and only) thought was Rioja.

SUPERQUINN’s wine range has been greatly reinvigorated in recent years, and now includes some tremendous affordable wine, much of it from France.