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Summer isn’t over yet! Soak up the September sun and enjoy some spectacular sunsets with a glass of Sicillian wine. Grillo, Irmana £9.99 Great with white meat, fish and a sunset Grillo, Sicily’s most beloved grape variety is full of fruity aromas and rich tastes of the Mediterranean. The Corvo brand, from Duca di Salaparuta, love renewing classic wines leaving them full of lively personality for the future.

As summer draws to an end, this could be the last chance for outdoor entertaining. Get the family together for that perfect glass of wine in the garden and catch up on summer memories. Saint Auriol £6.99 Palm par L’Escarelle £9.99 Portal da Calcada, Vinho Verde Rosé £8.79 Each one a little different…from traditional Saint Auriol with easy fruit flavours to the extremely elegant Provencal Palm par L’Escarelle. But don’t overlook Portugal’s Vinho Verde Rosé, with a little more depth of flavour, it’s becoming a firm favourite.

It’s French, it’s fancy, it’s fantastic! Muscadet, the original seafood wine, is making a delightful come back. Muscadet, Langlois Chateau £8.99 Divine with oysters but equally tasty with scallops. For flavours that come together wonderfully, serve scallops with green chilli, coriander and peaches and taste the magic of the Muscadet. The grapes popularity diminished in the 90’s. Hard frosts wiped out the harvest (much like New Zealand Sauvignon grapes this year) and left the market open for Australian wines. Langlois are reclaiming the market now with a balanced wine touching on racy fruit flavours…far more interesting than the Muscadet of...

As the seasons start to change, late summer heralds ripe fruits and earthy flavours bottled into these two traditional style wines from Domaine de la Berthete. Cote du Rhone, Berthete £7.29 Vin du Pays, Berthete £6.39 From the plains of the Southern Rhone, where in times past bandits roamed freely, now Pascal and Marie-Pierre work the stone ridden land to create these wonderful vigorous wines. The Cote du Rhone with its dry ripe fruit flavours mingled with spices echo back to summer days and the smooth finish marries well with steak. Somewhat lighter is the Vin du Pays, a vivaciously...

Bellini…the quintessential drink of Venice. A medley of Prosecco and white peach puree, it represents la dolce vita in a glass! Try our new white peach nectar (or perhaps rhubarb) with Prosecco Spumante (the bubblier one makes a better match for cocktails.) Fruit nectars £3.74 White Peach or Rhubarb 250ml Available in store only Did you know? The Bellini was created by Giuseppe Cipriani at one of Venice’s most famous addresses – Harry’s Bar. Established in 1931, it was frequented by writers such as Hemingway and Capote and has been serving Bellinis for nearly 90 years. Proof that you can’t go...