The Mail on Sunday

With an all-star line-up Spanish wines are more than a match for their world-conquering football team—

This summer’s World Cup champions Spain have a lot more to celebrate than just their footballing prowess. Sure, they pass the ball with the fluidity and precision of snipers on roller skates, but let’s get this in perspective.

The real story here is that for the next four years, the Spanish are going to be celebrating in a style that makes me want to emigrate – because their wines have never tasted better.

Spain is a marvellous hotbed of contradictions wine-wise, producing everything from sherry in the far south to Rioja in the north. But you probably don’t realise just&hellip More