The moral of the story here is don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. I am very particular when it comes to my fizz. I don’t drink a lot but I like a good bottle. And I have to own it, I probably would have said no to this wine if I’d seen it on a list and someone else had suggested it.

I wouldn’t usually order a bottle of cava or prosecco, preferring champagne if we are celebrating. I thought the world had gone a bit mad on prosecco. I find it too sweet and too fizzy. That is until now. I’ve been missing a trick clearly if you find the right one.

Until I got to try Perelada Brut Rose, a bottle of Spanish wine gifted to us on a weekend away, I’d have been closed off. I’ve learned a big lesson. Don’t be such a wine snob, you might not know what you are talking about entirely.

The first thing you notice about this sparkling wine is the colour, very warm pink, it’s made from Pinot Noir grapes and you can see it glistening in the bottle before you even open it.

And when you do it’s not super fizzy like a lot of less expensive sparkling wines, you can buy this from a wine store, they even sell it at Waitrose I think for about £12.00 a bottle. It reminded me of that smooth tingle you get when sipping really expensive champagne. I told my husband we have to be careful, we could get a little bit addicted to this. His reply, that’s great it will save us a fortune.

This is not another bottle of Spanish plonk. It’s refined and elegant. With bubbles that dissipate, not shoot up your nose.

It tastes of cherries, strawberries, the good bubble detachment is attributed to it’s aging about 12 months and when I went to read a little more about this lively summery wine I’d never even heard of I discovered it’s won a few awards internationally, not least the prestigious gold medal at the Sakura Wine Awards in Japan.

It was a special weekend away, why the complimentary bottle came to the room, I was celebrating a big birthday and the wine was so good we enjoyed another bottle the next day out in the sunshine before lunch.

A little decadent for us, 2 bottles in two days, but what can I say, you only turn 40 once.

I would normally have enjoyed a bottle of Tattinger, even Dom Perignon but not this trip. We loved the Perelada Brut Cava.

I hope I wasn’t just high on life. I’ve done that before, brought back wine from a trip to Greece that tasted incredible and when we opened it back home it was more like paint stripper than the mellow memory of sea, sand and sunset.

Nah. This wine was so amazing and we had such a good time I came back and ordered a case of it.