Wines made from Cabernet Franc often feature as good reds for summer because they can be lightly chilled, but that doesn’t mean they have to be served from the fridge or only in the summer. Finca Lalande The Land Cabernet Franc is a delight when lightly chilled, but it’s a fuller bodied example than many and works well at this time of year and through the winter served at around 17ºC

This double-trophy winning New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is a wine of flawless verve and harmonious flavors and is a great partner for fish and seafood, vegtables and Thai food

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

A round-up of rosé wines to blaze a trail into autumn, with some bargains along the way as retailers drop prices to make space for wintery reds.

There aren’t many places in the world where a family-owned and run winery produces wine of this quality at just £6.75, but the Peace family, now into the third generation, is one of Australian wine’s success stories.

If you like Picpoul de Pinet, that zingy, springy dry white from vineyards just inland from the Mediterranean, you’ll love Les Filets Côtes de Thau. And if you like a wine bargain – who doesn’t? – you’ll like it even moreat £8, instead of £10.

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 is a new and delicious Côtes de Provence rosé in groundbreaking eco-friendly packaging

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

This appealing, affordable and well-balanced example of modern Australian Chardonnay goes against the trend for regional identity.

This white wine is a delight – breezy, bright, light and rounded with a plume of grass, gooseberry, floral, citrus and white peach.

This versatile, festive Italian red wine can be drunk this Christmas or any time over the next five years

This very good Ukrainian Saperavi goes very well with wintery daubes and casseroles

Next week is Sherry Week, but I would be recommending this dazzling Manzanilla Pasada whatever the week

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

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