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

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

If summer comes back this year, Tenuta Cappellina Chianti Classico will be just the wine to greet it. If autumn sets in, it will still be just the red to have in your glass.

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.

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

You might think from the price that this was one of the bland mass-market Vinhos Verdes, but it’s proper stuff – mouthwateringly fresh with green apple, lemon, lime and leafy green herb notes and a dry, crisp palate with the succulence of a little lees ageing

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.

Gewurztraminer is a difficult wine to get right, especially at a moderate price, but Le Chant des Roses Gewurztraminer gets it exactly right with classic aromas of lychee rose and lokum

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

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.

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

This medium-bodied, dry white wine made from Grüner Veltliner in Austria is refreshing enough for hot weather, perfect for watching Wimbledon and versatile with food.

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

Almost the only thing this organic and biodynamic Spanish orange wine has in common with any other wine is sheer, unadulterated deliciousness. It’s a slightly hazy, pale apricot colour, and mouthwateringly aromatic with redcurrant, orange and camomile notes.

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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.

Italy is not most people’s first port of call for Chardonnay, nor perhaps are mountain regions, but up in the Alpine northeast of Italy, in the predominantly white-wine region of Alto Adige/Süd Tirol, Chardonnay vineyards are second only to Pinot Grigio and the wines produced have a captivating purity and freshness.