Campo Viejo Crianza Spain

Way up in the North of Spain, a long way from where I live on the South Coast, is an area known as Rioja. Under the hot Spanish sun the fertile vineyards produce some of Spain's most popular wines. It was there in 1959 that Jose Ortiguela founded the Bodega, Campo Viejo. He called it after the area where he had grown up as a child, an area of land near Villar de Arnedo which was granted to the honoured retired soldiers of the Roman 4th legion. This area was known as Campo Veterano and eventually, as Campo Viejo, the countryside of the old. What a nice history! Although I have drunk this wine ... more

Campo Viejo Rioja Crianza 2007 Well, here I am, your resident wine expert back again. The last two days I have been waiting for plumbers to fix a leaking toilet. Not worrying for me, but worrying for the kind folks downstairs whose bathroom ceiling has gone blue (I use bloo blocks). A couple of days off work, a royal wedding coming up, and no choice but to stay home and watch the walls. What do I do? Drink wine! I have had three bottles of this wine now, the first two I purchased from my local off licence (I call it the blue shop because its blue) for £8.99 each. Earlier today I had to pop out ... more