Odd region, Ribera del Duero. A plateau over 2500 feet above sea level, enduring blisteringly hot days and frosty nights, this is not the first place one would choose to grow grapes. Yet since the 1860s it has produced Spains most prestigious wine. Vega Sicilia is a blend of Tinto Fino - the local name for the Tempranillo grape - and Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec. Recent vintages cost around $400 a bottle.
You might suppose that so renowned a wine would have encouraged a horde of loc....
The Merry Drinker
