Marks & Spencer Las Falleras

Oh dear. Now, hang on, “oh dear” is probably not the best way to start an opinion is it?! I suppose it is best to start off on a positive note. I like wine, me. I drink lots of it and have tried too many different ones to list. I’d like to think, without meaning to sound big-headed, that I know my stuff when it comes to wine and weeding the good from the bad. There, that’s the (slightly!) positive bit over – now on to the truth and the negative bit – in particular Marks and Spencer Las Falleras wine. OK, I’ll be the first to admit I can be a bit of a cheapskate when it comes to buying wine but ... more

Las Falleras is cheap table wine of the type that's given Spanish plonk a bad name. But M&S also sell a Rueda Verdejo under the name Las Mulas at £4.99 (though often on offer at £1 less) which is wonderful. The excellence of Rueda whites is not much known in Britain, and some of those on sale here are not of the highest quality (and are usually Sauvignon Blanc, or a SB/Verdejo mix), but Las Mulas is smooth, deep, and too yummy for words. So my advice is - forget Las Falleras, except as cooking wine, and shell out a little bit more for a wine that is worth more than its price tag. The Las Mulas ... more