Rébus is a deep coloured, medium-bodied red Gaillac with crunchy hedgerow berry fruit, herbal and black pepper notes and appetising freshness. If you like Loire Cabernet Franc, you’ll like this wine – and it can be paired with seared salmon as well as meat

This Crozes-Hermitage Syrah is a beauty: deep ruby, with floral, spicy, sweet earth and red berry aromas and a palate with the characteristic peppery, iron-oxide Crozes tang complementing succulent, pure, cherry, raspberry and wild strawberry fruit and a fine-boned structure

Ringbolt is a classic example of Margaret River’s pure and focused style of Cabernet Sauvignon and it's at a keen price for this premium Western Australian wine region. It's ready to drink now, but you could also cellar it for five years.

This is a wine that offers a more unusual, great value alternative to some better known, more expensive red wines, namely Beaujolais-Villages, Pinot Noir and Etna Rosso

In a nod to Bastille Day, I’m giving this slot over to a classic French red wine this week, but the real reason is that this is such a good and good value red Bordeaux, with lovely mature flavours as well as ripe reducrrant and bramble fruit

It wouldn’t be summer if I didn’t fall in love with Loire Valley Cabernet Franc all over again and Château de Fesles La Chapelle Anjou is one of this year’s favourites, with cassis and raspberry flavors mingling currant-leaf, herb and graphite coolness and freshness

£14.95, Yapp Brothers To celebrate settling into my usual haunt north of Cahors in southwest France, I'm dedicating this week's slot to a luscious little Cahors from the family-owned and run Château Famaey in Puy l’Évêque. It's a wine for everyone who loves Malbec and/or everyone who loves the red wines of the Lot Valley's Cahors appellation. Forget black wines and confrontational tannins, if that's how you think of Cahors. This is Cahors at its most alluring, fruit-filled a

Among several good reasons for trying this wine is that it’s excellent value. Another is that it’s an opportunity to try something different if you’re not familiar with Austria's Zweigelt grape variety or with Austrian red wines in general. The best reason, though, is the simplest. It’s delicious.

This cheerful, deep crimson Bergerac is all about fruit and smoothness and is a French wine bargain

This bright, juicy, organic red from Almansa, Spain is a new wine and the first biodynamic wine from Gil Family estates

This quality of this rich, silky Languedoc wine soars above many more famous Southern French reds

A modern Australian take on Châteauneuf-du-Pape that would make a lovely Easter lunch wine

This is a cracking example of Dolcetto d'Alba, a food-friendly Italian red wine

If writers ought to dispense advice only on subjects they have had personal experience of, I am well equipped to advise on wine cellars

I’ve had a soft spot for Minervois since my student days and its main attraction was that it was cheap. I'm happy that it's moved on and up

The joy of good Gigondas is that the characteristic power and generosity are leavened by sappy freshness, so the wines never feel too brawny

This buoyantly fruity, fresh, dry north Italian red wine has a spring in its step and is a good choice for Valentine's Day

I can’t help wondering if I have already found one of my favourite red wines of 2025: upbeat, upliftingly delicious and enjoyable Garnacha

This is a lovely, polished Cabernet Franc that pairs easily with food, including lamb, beef, quail and vegetarian options

This full-bodied, generous, velvet-smooth Côtes du Rhône is a red wine that cellars well for several years