| Name: | Ponte de Lima Loureiro Vinho Verde |
| Type: | White |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Region: | Ponte de Lima |
| Grapes: | Loureiro |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Producer: | Adega Cooperativa de Ponte de Lima |
| ABV%: | 11.5 |
Delightful light dry everyday drinking wine for the Summer. Slightly pétillant.
| Name: | Paso de Villarei Albariño |
| Type: | White |
| Country: | Spain |
| Region: | Rias Baixas |
| Grapes: | Albariño |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Producer: | Paso de Villarei |
| ABV%: | 13 |
Gorgeous albariño. Delightful with fish, and with seafood.
| Name: | Chénas Château de Belleverne 'Le Châtelain' |
| Type: | Red |
| Country: | France |
| Region: | Beaujolais |
| Grapes: | Gamay |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Producer: | Bataillard |
| ABV%: | 13.5 |
Don’t let anyone tell you that beaujolais isn’t up to complementing steak. This was perfect. Liquorice and cassis. Thirty-day-old fillet steak, honey and butter roasted carrots, and roasted potatoes.
| Name: | Uggiano Chianti Riserva Fagiano |
| Type: | Red |
| Country: | Italy |
| Region: | Chianti |
| Grapes: | Sangiovese |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Producer: | Uggiano |
| ABV%: | 13.5 |
Superb six-year-old Riserva. From Ake and Humphris.
| Name: | Janare Aglianico |
| Type: | Red |
| Country: | Italy |
| Region: | Campania |
| Grapes: | Aglianico |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Producer: | La Guardiense |
| ABV%: | 13 |
Janare is the own-range of the La Guardiense Co-op in the Sannio sub-region in the north of Campania, near Benevento.
This fruity aglianico is spot-on for the region’s prize red grape. Pasta with tomato sauce, or rich stews. Unbelievable value at £7.95 from TWS.
| Name: | Susumaniello |
| Type: | Red |
| Country: | Italy |
| Region: | Salentino, Puglia |
| Grapes: | Susumaniello |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Producer: | Vallone |
| ABV%: | 13 |
Lighter than primitivo, but with complex flavours. Delightfully quaffable. Amazing value at £8.25 from TWS.
| Name: | Canace Nero di Troia |
| Type: | Red |
| Country: | Italy |
| Region: | Puglia |
| Grapes: | Nero di Troia |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Producer: | Cantina Diomede |
| ABV%: | 13.5 |
Big brother to Lama di Pietra. Huge and sumptuous. A rival to any red burgundy.
| Name: | Lama di Pietra Nero di Troia |
| Type: | Red |
| Country: | Italy |
| Region: | Puglia |
| Grapes: | Nero di Troia |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Producer: | Cantina Diomede |
| ABV%: | 12.5 |
Very quaffable fruity IGP red with no noticeable tannin. Paired with Italian style braised lamb steaks.
| Name: | Frittmann Frisecco |
| Type: | Sparkling |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Region: | Bács-Kiskun |
| Grapes: | Irsai Olivér |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Producer: | Frittmann |
| ABV%: | 12 |
Beautiful light fizz. Completely dry with no hint of appliness.
| Name: | Aglianico del Vulture |
| Type: | Red |
| Country: | Italy |
| Region: | Basilicata |
| Grapes: | Aglianico |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Producer: | Cantina di Venosa |
| ABV%: | 14 |
Slopes of Mount Vulture. Light coloured for aglianico, but fullish with liquorice and spice notes. Paired with spicy spanish chicken and potato bake.