For decades seen as the minus sibling of the Grand Tour triplets, in recent years

La Vuelta, Spain has in many ways come of age, establishing perhaps the clearest proudest

identity of all of Cycling's long-form showcases.

Remote previously undiscovered often indigestible climbs, some it finishes a plenty, and a breathless

scramble for the last scraps of glory or redemption in many rider seasons.

These ingredients can make La Vuelta at least appear the sport's most modern, dynamic and

self-assured three-week race.

Simply for the purposes of this podcast, those adjectives can also be applied, so it seems,

to another great expression of the Spanish-landing culture, its wine industry.

After our Viti cultural giro d'Italia and Tour de France, we've gained entrusted

Greg Andrews of Divine Sellers with the task of plotting a wine tour parallel to the

Vuelta Rout or Recorrido, the result being the six-bottle Cycling Podcast selection, now on sale at www.divinesellers.com.

You'll find more details about how to order and the chosen wines in the show notes.

Earlier in the week Greg and I sat down to discuss how he arrived at that six-bottle final

line-up, and also to ponder the delights of Spanish wine in general.

We were joined, incidentally, by a Scotsman, someone whose knowledge of all things blanco,

tinto and rosado, mercifully exceeds Richard Moore's.

Anyway, hope you'll think it's a nice listen.

Hello again, Greg. We haven't spoken for a few weeks. A lot of wine has flown under the bridge

hopefully since then, since the Tour de France, because I was often doing my TV work and

by all accounts, the Divine Sellers Tour de France collection was a roaring success,

Greg, but great to have you back for La Vuelta, and we have been joined by a special guest,

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