Does anyone recognise any of these (probably cheapish) Rioja's:
http://www.laithwaites.co.uk/offers/...case_large.jpg

Laithwaites is doing quite a reasonable offer on a case of them:
http://www.laithwaites.co.uk/offer.pasp?code=kg64

"Michael Bartlett" > wrote in
news:1079023997.911217@shiraz:

> Does anyone recognise any of these (probably cheapish) Rioja's:
> http://www.laithwaites.co.uk/offers/...case_large.jpg
>
> Laithwaites is doing quite a reasonable offer on a case of them:
> http://www.laithwaites.co.uk/offer.pasp?code=kg64

Hi Michael,

from the picture you linked, I can see that the bottles are not the perfect
selection of Rioja wines.

One pair of the bottles seem to read "Torre Oña Crianza". It could be
related to Barón de Oña which is a winery from La Rioja Alta winery.

Other two bottles seem to be "Monasterio Crianza" and I have not found a
reference to them.

Third par is "Imperio". Again, no reference. Could this be a matter of
wines for a foreign market that are not available in Spain? I can't tell.

Same for Rey de Copas.

Four par seems to read "Castillo de Maluenda" which is a winery not from
Rioja but from Aragón. They are quite good at making old vine grenache
wines, very affordable, but this label seems to be very old-fashioned,
since they tend to use modern labels (see: www.castillodemaluenda.com ).

If you allow me to be direct, I would pass.

Best from Spain,

S.