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I have loved wine for about 2 years now. The best reds I have ever tasted have been from Spain. There is a small region called Ribera Del Duero and it has a great wine called Pesquera.
I find that spanish wine tastes best when you leave the cork out for about 2-3 hours before you drink it and it is drank at room temperature or 1-2 degrees above it. It's a stupid way of imagining it but drinking it cold is like eating decent cheese straight from the fridge, it's not had time to rest and it's flavours are a bit contracted.
I'm not a huge fan of a lot of French wine unless i'm having something to eat with it.
My local wine place, literally a minutes walk away, just won an award for being the best wine retailer in Scotland and it's overall the second best in the UK. So theres loads of choice and a lot of varying prices.
The best rule of thumb for me is that if you're going to spend $10 or $20 on a bottle of wine, you're better going to an independent wine retailer as 99% of the wine you find in supermarkets is overprocessed and overproduced piss.
I so far have found these to be exceptions to the rule.
Marques de Caceres Tinto Crianza
and Cassilero del Diablo

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