(2025) Sangre de Toro 0.0 is an alcohol-free take on the original Sangre De Toro (sadly no sign of the small plastic bull attached). A blend of Garnacha and Syrah with partial aging in French oak before dealcoholisation, it joins the zero alcohol wines in the 'Natureo' range, of which Miguel Torres is a great believer. Indeed this is not bad - of its type - some smooth black cherry and chocolaty plum aromas leading on to a palate that has some texture. It's a bit sweet, but not too sweet, and again reminds me of black cherry. The complete absence of tannin and low acidity ensure you won't confuse this with 'the real thing', but not a bad effort.

(2024) The Shiraz in Oxford Landing's lighter range, 'Sunlight', has 35% less alcohol and calories than the standard Oxford Landing bottling. From 2021 and having seen some sort of oak exposure, this has a nicely lifted floral and sweet cherry aspect on the nose, underpinned by a little hint of vanilla pod. In the mouth it is really rather sweet; noticeably so, the confectionery character rather letting the side down as it is just too tutti frutti for me. Tannin is imperceptible, though acid is adequate. I prefer the Chardonnay in the range, largely because the sweetness sits a little more happily there.

(2023) Wise Wolf is a new brand from Hardy's Banrock Station of Australia, but the wines made in the Languedoc, South of France. Packed in unusual, squat little bottles that stress their eco credentials, being made from recycled and recyclable glass. The stuff inside is a fairly chunky, ripe and smooth Cabernet, with plenty of sweet blackcurrant fruit if a slightly jammy edge. It won't set the heather on fire, but it is an interesting project and the packaging a talking point for sure. Also in Morrisons and Sainsbury's, though a pound or two dearer. There's a Chardonnay in the range which is a touch non-descript, and a rosé which I have not tasted. Watch the video for more information.

(2022) This South African Cabernet can be had as cheaply as £6 for Tesco Club Card holders, which does qualify it as a 'buy', even though its a wine with no real distinguishing features for me: fairly generic black fruit, made with French oak (though possibly staves rather than barrels?) it is juicy enough, a little bit raw feeling and whilst decent, just doesn't press my buttons. I slightly preferred the Chardonnay in the range at the same price from Tesco.

(2021) About 90% Shiraz with a dash of Malbec, this ruby-crimson wine has loads of smokiness on the nose, charred meat and bonfire ash to the fore. In the mouth a big, sweet and substantial mouthful, loaded with sweet black fruit and creamy in texture, that smokiness and slightly harsh acidity in the finish. I guess there's no denying it is a lot of wine for £6 in Tesco, on promotion November 15th to December 5th 2021.

(2021) Made from the Marquette hybrid variety, introduced for cold climate winemaking by the University of Minnesota only in 2006, and aged in oak barrels for one year, it has a vivid crimson colour and yes, I do find a slight 'foxy' character on the nose, earthy, a bit of sizzling bacon fat and fruit gums. In the mouth it has fruitiness and decent balance, not a lot of tannin to speak of, but the balancing acidity is good against sweet but not too sweet fruit, the finish dry and quite savoury with a liquorice twist. No UK stockist listed at time of review.

(2021) Arguably the most interesting thing about this wine is not the stuff in the bottle, but the bottle round the stuff: 100% recycled plastic, it is also recyclable and weighs just 63 grams when empty - about 87% less than a standard glass bottle. It is also a unique, letter-box-friendly flat shape, said to take up around half the volume of a standard glass bottle when being shipped, all of which give very attractive eco-credentials. The wine itself is a rather sweet Merlot with soft strawberry and summer pudding flavours, vanilla and a little dustiness, and barely perceptible tannins but decent balancing acidity. Some oak influence (almost certainly staves or chips rather than barrels). In many ways it's a shame this unique supermarket package doesn't contain a more interesting wine, but then it is a crowd-pleasing style and maybe that's what counts for people who pick a bottle up, attracted by the unusual packaging. Watch the video for more information and to see the bottle.

(2020) The 17 trees brand has partnered with not-for-profit organisation, Trillion Trees, to help rebuild the Australian bushland lost during the 2019-2020 bushfire season. Evert six bottles of 17 TREES sold will go towards planting one tree in Australia. Unfortunately I wasn't really taken by this wine, the nose rather stalky and green, the palate nicely fruited, but with a slightly harsh and astringent finish. I hope I am not being too harsh on this, but de Bortoli normally produces such highly drinkable wines from its Yarra Valley base, but this just didn't float my boat.

(2020) There's a really interesting story behind this wine, from canned wine specialist Nice Drinks: an Argentinian Malbec originally intended to be sold in 25cl cans for the summer festival season, Covid obviously spoiled that plan, so instead it has been bottled in regular 75cl bottles, with all proceeds going to NHS charities. Nurse Ella is pictured on the label of the re-branded wine: "Wine for Heroes". I won't lie to you and say it is the best Malbec I've every tasted, but it is a perfectly quaffable example that pushes the Malbec buttons of being fruity and creamy, sweet and ripe on the mid-palate, with enough acidity and soft tannin to balance. The most important thing about the wine is the cause of course: nice-drinks.co.uk/heroes. Watch the video for more information and food-matching ideas.

(2019) Masterminded by David Hohnen, this wine was made for Sainsbury's using the combined output of eight wineries in Western Australia. It's a big (14.5% abv) and bold style, a touch meaty to dense black fruit on the nose, but not hugely aromatic. There's more sweetness from the black fruit on the palate, but it all seems a touch over-extracted to me, the finish a little tart and abrupt. Not a favourite wine from a producer I hold in high regard, but I guess it was designed to a price-point.