£13, Co-op With a name like Cloudline, there are no prizes for guessing that this wine comes from high up. At 500m in the Eden Valley,...

£10.99–£12, Majestic, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Amazon, Ocado It’s more than six years since I last recommended a Beronia Rioja here, so...

£13.50, Tanners This recent discovery by Tanners is a gem: a textured, dry white wine with crystalline acidity, a riveting smoky, mineral...

£9.49, House of Townend I thought that naming this Grande Cuvée might be a bit over the top, but it turns out to be an impressive French...

Soul of a Lion, the flagship wine, named in memory of the Daou brothers' father It was hard to get a word in edgeways but, when I did, I...

The magnificent La Tâche 2020 is conspicuous by its absence in this line-up of empty bottles, but it was definitely in the tasting (see...

£15.99, Naked Wines Another winner from the inspiring, indomitable saviour of unloved and old vines, Katie Jones of Domaine Jones in the...

£8.49, Waitrose This is just the kind of comfortingly generous, young Southern French red to put a spring in your step, especially when...

£14.50, Amathus Drinks Georgia's iconic, dark-skinned Saperavi grape has a reputation for giving strapping, inky red wine with muscular...

£22.99, Majestic Californian and US wines generally are infrequent visitors to this page, not because I don't appreciate them but because...

£12, Tesco Tavel in the southern Rhône is France's only appellation (AOC) to produce rosé exclusively and it's never afraid to be bold in...

Same lighter weight bottle as its predecessor, but the 2020 is embossed at shoulder level with the Ornellaia logo. An invitation to...

£29.99, Nicholson's Wines It's not pink, it not fizz and it's not Saint Amour – sighs of relief all round? Actually, I'm a sucker for...

£19.95, Cambridge Wine Merchants White Bordeaux has never really established an identity that’s captured hearts and minds like white...

£19.50, Tanners; £21.11, Quality Wines Somerset Fleurie is supposed to be the most perfumed of the 10 Beaujolais Crus and this wine...

£11.99/£14.99, Majestic It's gratifying to be able to say that had I been tasting either of these vintages blind I'm sure I would have...

Winemaker Pierre Seillan, who created Vérité for Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke in 1998, and his daughter Hélène who is now assistant...

£11, Sainsbury's; M&S and Waitrose soon I always step out of the season of festive indulgence into the new year wanting this kind of dry...

£5.99 (on offer) Waitrose, £6.50 (on offer) Sainsbury's This plush, generous Cape Shiraz is good value at its full price of £8.49 and a...

£12, Tesco If you’re faced with someone who thinks Christmas isn’t Christmas without Chablis, someone else who always chooses southern...