Do you have a fiver for a Rioja Rosado?

Picked up a bottle of Campo Viejo Tempranillo Rosado 2008, Rioja, Spain in Sainsbury’s the other night at a cost of £5 (down from £6.99 until 16th March), which is the same as you will pay for two bitter tasting uninspiring cappuccinos in some of the well known coffee chains. On a brighter, less angry-middle-aged-man-who-doesn’t-play-golf note, I have been a fan of rosados from Spain for sometime and know this wine pretty well. This is a lovely dry, aperitif rose with flavours of cherries and raspberries which is light in style and, importantly, looks and tastes like rose.