would like to know a value

[hernandez]

I have 5 cases of vina real gran reserva 1978 would like to know value also ahave a number of other interesting spanish wines and would like to get an idea of current value thank you

[Thomas]

I have no pulse on the value of older Spanish wines, but I do know that the Vina Real is a really nice product.

Hernandez, you can't get rich on them, why not open them and enjoy--or at the very least send me some to evaluate for you.

[winecollector]

Good answer, Foodie! My thoughts exactly!

[mrdutton]

Hernandez, Foodie, Winecollector........

Why don't we just all get together and have a party!

I am learning here so bear with me please:

vina real - royal wine
gran reserva - at least "in barricas" for two years, in bottle for at least three years and must be only from particularly good vintages.

But whence cometh the wine? Any particular "denominacion de origen" or "denominacion de origen calificada"?

[Thomas]

If memory serves me--and it should, since I am younger than either Innkeeper or Bucko--Vina Real is Rioja. But then, to be safe, I shall hedge and say, it could possibly be Penedes. I have neither had nor seen a bottle of the stuff in a long time, which is why I'll gladly empty those few that Hernandez has.