Jurançon Sec is a wine that can smell sweet but taste bone dry and be rich in texture but mouthwateringly tangy. Clos de la Vierge Le Carré de Peés 2023 is all these. It smells of honeyed quinces and zingy lime juice

The first wine I ever took to my mythical desert island was a Jurançon Sec and I can confidently say that this one-of-a-kind dry white from the far southwest of France will always have a place. It’s a wine that combines riveting juiciness and tanginess with a waxy rich texture

£9.50, Tesco It’s no secret that I’m a fan of wines from the appellations in southwest France that treasure their little-known indigenous...

£10, Morrisons There'a a lot of noise about orange wines – wines made from white grapes fermented with their skins like red wines, rather...

The first four vintages of Plaimont's single vintage Cirque Nord Saint Mont – 2014, 2016, 2017 and the yet to be bottled 2019 I was...

£8.95, The Wine Society I haven’t featured the 2017 vintage before, but Les Vignes Retrouvées is no stranger to this slot. Year in, year...

£8.95, The Wine Society Mouthwatering, juicy quince, apricot and citrus fruit, supple texture and zingy acidity – the latest vintage to...

The first bodega I visited on a revelatory, perception-challenging first trip to the Spanish Basque country’s Txakoli regions last autumn...

£9, Marks & Spencer Perfectly timed for the asparagus season, but equally tuned into seafood, chicken, salads and vegetable dishes, comes...