This $13 RED WINE is BONKERS!!! 🤯

Love this video! Have travelled to Spain for many decades … studied at the University of Madrid … and even did some graduate work at MSU. Off to Bordeaux soon to study the wine of that region…and restart my French! If you ever need a little help with your Spanish let us know. My wife and I have taught it for a combined total of more than 80 years. She is an MSU grad also! Keep up the good work!

I guess I should try a better quality Rioja and Tempranillo that I’ve bought at Trader Joe’s ($5-9 plonk), because I found those wines to be astringent and harsh.

Loving and living in Spain and spanish wines.At the moment i am curious about the grape variety monastrel.

Hooray, a great Spanish mash up. I completely agree that we have to dispel the myth that Spanish wine is what it was 40 years ago. There are all kinds of flavour profiles, interesting grape varieties and wonderful producers. I was recently in Valladolid and my father in law wanted to take me to a bodega. A couple of miles to the east and we're in the heart of Ribera country and there are dozens of producers I've never tasted but making really excellent value wine. A couple of miles to the west and we're in Toro, a region that has transformed itself in quality over the past decades. North and you get Cigales and Rueda whites too. Even a tired old cliché like Rioja is a myth. There are a fantastic range of wines in that region. I should add that Spanish white wine is smashing it too and is very underappreciated.

The world might look on but the Spanish know their wine and food to be excellent. I travel in France and Italy too but Spain is the best for me. Prices are creeping up now though. In Palencia I paid $14 euros for a delicious and massive, three course, menu del dia and a bottle of decent house red. I once asked my father in law why Spain doesn't export any of its superb lamb. He told me they eat it all so there's none left.

I know Matsu and Moradas very well. Some of the others less so but it just proves my point. There's great value out there and I'm pleased that the cheapest bottle was your favourite. There really are fabulously enjoyable wines in Spain. So much so that it's hard to justify spending more than £50 for a bottle, except to experience unicorn status. I've been enjoying 90-95 point Spanish wine for years and the prices have ranged from £10-30 British pounds. Even cheaper in Spain.

Ribera del Duero, Toro, Rueda and Priorat are on the winegeeks radar for quite a while. You can find some good wines for nice prices there. I like them, as Spanish red wines are in general made with less oak these days. Did you do already a vid on Bierzo and Ribeiro? I'm interested what you think of Mencia.

Great tasting video thanks so much.