Spain = good value Tempranillo.
Just as Australia gets typecast as the land of Shiraz and big reds, Spain suffers the same fate, often consigned as the country of budget Tempranillo/Garnacha and cheap bottle-fermented sparkling (Cava).
Admittedly, I did taste a shedload lot of affordable Tempranillo in Spain for Barcelona Wine Week (BWW) last week. But there was also an ocean of greatness that felt a long way from cheap and cheerful Temp, spanning everything from superb Canary Islands orange wines to a profound Spanish vin cotto from the outskirts of Barcelona.
Spain is great.
Of course, I barely scratched the surface of what was on offer at BWW, with two halls and 1300 producers making what is Spain’s largest wine fair a challenge to do any justice (even if this fair is much smaller than Vinitaly or Wine Paris). I could have spent a week just tasting Cava and Tempranillo while barely scratching the surface.
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