Although best known for its Sherry and Rioja, Spain is currently at the cutting edge of European winemaking.
Thanks partly to EU investment, new and exciting regions are now jostling for the lion's share of wine exports ... and Spain's surprisingly crisp, modern dry whites are winning us over too.
Tempranillo is Spain's best-known grape variety and is most famously found in Rioja. It's widely planted in Argentina and increasingly popular in Australia. In Portugal, where it's known as Tinto Roriz, it contributes to the complex blend of Port grapes.
Your safest bet for shellfish is a classic French dry white - Chablis is perfect, but any chilled and very dry white will work equally well. On a hot Summer day, prawns and rosé or a light and inexpensive Sparkling wine are perfect companions. Chilled Beaujolais can also be a really different accompaniment to fish.
The remarkably talented Fernando Domingo is the winemaker of Bodegas Casa Primicia.
Fernando has been at Primicia for over a decade, but he has worked all around Spain honing his craft at many cellars - including time under the tutelage of arguably the greatest Spanish oenologist, Manuel Ruiz Hernandez.
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