Tasting notes with food pairings for seven notable wines from two estates in Piedmont and one in Tuscany

A delicious, distinctive, dry white wine from northern Greece with a perfume of roses and Turkish delight

This is the kind of good, honest red wine that comes in useful for parties or when you just need to open a bottle without ceremony

This wonderfully expressive, distinctive Sauvignon Blanc has a depth of flavour to keep up the interest in any season.

We were at Cliveden for an exciting Oregon wine dinner, six courses paired with Phelps Creek Vineyards Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and others

The blend of the Moulin Rose 2020 – a very good vintage – is more or less equal parts of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot

The white grape variety Albariño is better known to the world’s wine drinkers than the Spanish region from which it comes

I could argue the case for this being a summer, winter, spring or autumn wine. It’s one of those red wines that seems to suit all seasons

This is one of two new wines from Katie Jones in Languedoc-Roussillon, one white (this one) and one orange, both made in tiny quantities.

Tasting this Rioja a couple of months ago reminded me just how consistently good some of the world’s most familiar wines are

Summer was late coming this year and so is my round-up rosés, but here it is, new wines and new vintages of old favourites, blazing a trail

This crisp, dry Portuguese white is an ideal wine to see you through to the end of the summer season

This is a pure, fresh, cool-climate style of Aussie Shiraz, with enticing raspberry and white pepper flavours

This Portuguese red wine hits the holiday mood by delivering a whole lot of pleasure and an equal amount of character.

This refreshing, pale, dry Barossa Grenache rosé defies all stereotypes of Australian wine

There’s nothing complicated about this week’s wine and that’s the point. It’s just a joy to drink – a big, comforting hug of juicy fruit

This top-value, food-friendly Georgian amber wine is fermented in qvevri clay jars buried in the ground

This lovely Fleurie from France's Beaujolais region is an ideal red wine for the summer

This refreshing, dry and aromatic Spanish Muscat is a perfect whie wine for summer drinking

This sunny Viognier from the south of France is all orange blossom fragrance, juicy white-peach fruit and buoyant freshness