"Hooray, Hooray the Quarderna Via arrives today!"

The country is bathed in beautiful sunshine, the beaches are full and everyones' thoughts are turning to chilled rosé and white wines. This is the moment that we've chosen to announce the arrival of two brand new red wines!
In our defence, we have been waiting a few months for these wines to arrive - we expected them at the start of the year but problems with transport from Spain delayed them somewhat.

The title above is a quote from the man who helped find these wines for us, Tony Goddard. Many of you will know Tony and Gill, and they've been good customers of Red & White for many years. For most of that time, they've been doggedly trying to persuade us to buy wines from their favourite winery, Quaderna Via. We finally caved in late last year, tried the wines and loved them so much we ordered a pallet! Who better to tell you a bit more about the winery than Tony himself:

"We (my wife Gill and I) met George and his wine maker brother at Bodega Quaderna Via entirely by chance some three or four years ago. We were on our way back from Pamplona to Logrono when Gill suddenly said “Lets go in there”. Ever obedient I duly turned into their lovely bodega with superb views out over the rolling hills of Navarra. A generous wine tasting of their wonderful wine tutored by George in the large tasting room above the bodega and we ended up buying six cases and have been going back for more ever since! What else could we do but introduce them to Red and White?"

The wines are Initium - a blend of Tempranillo and Merlot and the brilliant price of £6, and Quaderna Via Crianza A touch more at £8.50, but excellent value compared to a similar quality Rioja.

I'll be opening these wines over Easter weekend, along with one or two other Spanish wines - white, I think sounds appropriate!