Spanish Wine between $25 and $50

You. Need. To. Try. This. Out of the fridge and into an empty glass or from the cellar over a big ice cube. You’ll taste…well, I can’t really describe it. Morello cherries, pine and wild herbs, wild spice flavors... Read More

Lower ABV Master of Wine Andreas Kubach and his partners tend their 300 small parcels of old-vines in the Basque highlands of Rioja Alavesa with a simple goal: to capture the character of the region, villages in the region, and... Read More

Master of Wine Andreas Kubach and his partners tend their 300 small parcels of old-vine Tempranillo in the Basque highlands of Rioja Alavesa with a simple goal: to capture the character of the region, villages in the region, and... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV After a classic Albarino that delivers big, salty, bite to go with some leesy texture and crisp fruit? That's what this delivers from a fairly young winery working with certified organic grapes and ultra-low... Read More

Just what you're expecting from Rioja Reserva. Meaning what Suckling describes in the 91 point review: Ripe dark cherries and berries with touches of black walnuts and mocha. Juicy and medium-bodied on the palate, with firm... Read More

Organic/Bio From the Reventos Cava family, this is a 50/50 blend of Garnacha and the almost extinct Sumoll grape done mostly in concrete and with minimal sulfur. Vinous's 93 point review gives you a great idea of what to expect:... Read More

Organic/Bio We love cool wines from hot places, especially when they come from a grower like José Maria Vincente who are resurrecting abandoned vineyards to create something new. Here it's 100% Garnacha from a region... Read More

A wildly complex, not too sweet, and deserving of being sipped solo – or with a splash of soda – on the rocks Vermut from Tera Alta in Catalonia. It’s Macabeau base wine, darkened with dried green walnuts and... Read More

The most immediately ready to drink Priorat from this great estate still has plenty of character and depth. As Wine Advocate says in the 91 point review, The red 2023 Serras del Priorat was produced with a blend of Garnacha, Cariñena... Read More

Organic/Bio Merche Daalmau and her late husband, Miguel Perez, started this project in 1999 and make pure, elegant, Priorat that pretty much beg to be drunk. This is their fun wine pulled from plots of Garnacha and Carignan that... Read More

Organic/Bio The four friends who started Envinate (“wine yourself”) expand beyond their Canary Islands roots to create this 70% Garnacha Tintorera (aka Alicante Bouschet) and 30% Moravia Agria organically grown at... Read More

Organic/Bio It's probably easiest to think of this as a cross between sweet Olorosso and 20 year tawny Port, but it’s even more than that. Sierra Morena wines were sold as Sherry until the 20th Century and this is very... Read More

Another lovely vintage from the newest wine in Guimaro's Ribeira Sacra portfolio.

As Wine Advocate explains, Emilio Hidalgo founded his bodega in the center of Jerez in 1874, where it is still managed by the fifth generation of the family. They have an impressive range of wines, with some of the original soleras... Read More

Lower ABV Terrific Albarino here – crisp, mineral, tangy, salty and mouthwateringly long. The pergola-trained vines are just off the Atlantic coast on granite soils, both amping up the minerality and salty refreshment. The... Read More

Lower ABV Age has a powerful influence on wine. Here there’s a bit of bottle age and a lot of vine-age from 90 year-old Albarino growing in sandy granite soils near the Atlantic. There’s a richness to the stone fruit... Read More

A beautiful Manzanilla from Ramiro Ibañez and Willy Pérez, who are 20 years into a project to restore classic Sherry styles and (literally) write the book on Sherry's past. Production is tiny, with just 125cs... Read More

Organic/Bio My first thought tasting this Merlot-based Bordeaux blend from Spain’s Cava country was, “Like a Spanish super-Tuscan” but I can’t disagree with the Canadian journalist who went with “Combines... Read More

Organic/Bio So much more sophisticated that what you think of as Cava that the family has opted out of using that name at all. Wine Advocate's 92 review captures it nicely: Has a pale and bright color with some green tints... Read More

One of the best values in this wildly overlooked wine category we’ve seen in years. Aged 10 years under flor (like a Fino) and then 5+ years in cask to develop color and wildly delicious nutty flavors. If you were walled... Read More

Lower ABV As JancisRobinson.com said of the 2023, For me, exactly what a well-made Albariño is supposed to taste like. Which is to say, kind of like Chablis but from Galicia! It's super pithy and crisp with a core of... Read More