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(2024) From the 'classic' range, vineyards on calcareous clay and gravelly soils lie at an altitude between 250 and 400 metres. It's a deliciously dry and relatively full-bodied wine, honeysuckle-touched aromas of citrus and poached pear combine. In the mouth it is textured and rounded, more pear and a hint of lush peachiness, but then a strict and quite mineral acid drives through to give freshness and real sippability.

(2024) I haven't tasted the Stoan blend since the 2018 vintage, but this 2022 is just as impressive. It's a blend of more than 60% Chardonnay, with Sauvignon Blanc, Gewürztraminer and Pinot Bianco. It has such a charming nose, of chalk and talcum, Spring flowers and elegant, juicy citrus and pineapple. As with many of the Cantina's wines, it has weight and texture but is somehow also nimble and pretty, the palate filled with fruit but also a spice and grip of acid and a hint of extract that adds a textural edge. Delightful.

(2024) Not Sherry, but a solera-aged Pedro Ximénez from a family that produced its first fortified PX wine in the 1940s. Perhaps slightly lighter in colour than a typical Spanish version - nut brown rather than mahogany brown - it pours with engine oil thickness and gloriously sweet and luscious aromas of fig, raisin and walnut, a delicate rancio character adding a layer of intrigue. In the mouth super-sweet and mouth-filling, really all about the sweet and unctuous flavour rather than massive complexity, but utterly delicious.

(2024) Pantelleria is a small Italian island off of the coast of north Africa where Zibibbo, aka Muscat, grows in black volcanic soil. This is a typically golden/amber sweet wine with rich aromas of barley sugar and honey, dried apricot and fig, a depth of sultana too from these dried 'passito' grapes. The vanilla and white chocolate elegance of the palate is underpinned by a burgeoning spicy and deeply fruity richness, a sensation of toastiness (though it does not see barrel) completes a sumptuous but fresh picture.

(2024) An unusual blend of 55% Sauvignon Blanc blended with 25% Chardonnay and 20% Semillon, this comes from the high altitude vineyards of the Bekaa Valley. The Chardonnay component is fermented and given a couple of months maturation in French oak. It's a fresh, fragrant and zippy style, a peachy, nectarine ripeness cut by lime and just a small hint of gooseberry. The palate is textured, citrussy, dry and licked by a saline breeziness in the finish. A racy, fish and seafood friendly white that is medium-bodied and has a bit of substance too. Watch my full video review for more information.

(2024) Blended from 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Syrah, this has quite a bold and vibrant cherry/pink colour. Cranberry and reducurrant on the nose, a little hint of rose petal. In the mouth this is a sweet and forward style. I suspect a touch of residual sugar adds to the sweet juiciness. It has texture and concentration, hints of spice and good balancing acidity.

(2024) Ixsir's delightful white is based around Viognier, blended with 25% Sauvignon Blanc and 15% Chardonnay. These are not Lebanese grapes of course, but the is terrific nevertheless. I believe it spends around six months in French oak, and that adds a creaminess to aroma and texture, but it's the fragrant, floral and exotic lychee Nd nectarine fruit that dominates. Textured, sweet-fruited with a glacé orange character, ripe, with a pink grapefruit rush of juicy acidity. Really very good.

(2024) South Africa's Warwick Estate has chosen to make this wine from 100% Pinotage, and it works well. The colour is pale pink with a hint of gold, and aromas floral, bright, suggesting raspberry and citrus. With only 11.5% alcohol it has plenty of zippy acidity to cleanse the palate, while the pulpy, soft summer fruits fill-out the mid-palate.

(2024) The noble Barone Ricasoli of Chianti Classico fame makes this pale, peachy pink by blending Sangiovese and Merlot. Attractively packaged, aromas are subtle and citrussy, raspberry and a touch of rose-hip and herbs are all very delicate. On the palate that crisp and linear style might make you think this was a white wine if blindfolded, but lightly smoky berry fruits, touched by herbs and spice, move into that refreshing lemony acidity.

(2024) One of the wines here with a little more depth to the colour, and an interesting blend of organic Pinot Noir and Garnacha (Grenache) from Penedès in northern Spain. Delicate orange, blossom and spice on the nose is a point of difference, then the palate shows some definite sweetness, strawberry and passionfruit flavours, lemon, and a nicely tart raspberry lick of acidity. Easy drinking fruity stuff, with a bit of personality.