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Victoria Moore

Val do Salnes Albarino 2009 Spain (12%, M&S, £10.99)
A wonderful, intense albarino that tastes like apricot kernels and the juice that drips out of a fresh white peach when you bite into it. It is fractionally off-dry, which you won’t pick up on except to notice that it seems very succulent. Drink with fat barbecued garlic prawns or crab with mayonnaise.
Finest Manzanilla NV Spain (ABV, Tesco, £5.29 for 50cl)
The Waitrose Solera Jerezana Manzanilla is tastier, and only slightly more expensive, but if you’re shopping in Tesco and want to pick up a bottle of sherry’s lightest, driest style – think sourdough and rime – then this is jolly good with salted almonds or chorizo, plus it’s in a smallish bottle so will stay fresh. Avoid its sister fino, which is too blunt and stodgy.
Châteauneuf du Pape: Elisabeth Chambellan 2007 France (14.5%, £24.95, Yapp in Mere, yapp.co.uk)
Wine cravings can descend suddenly and be as enveloping as an infatuation. I got one on reading my notes for this beautifully put together, elegant Châteauneuf, “from mature (80 to100-year-old) vines on La Crau plateau right next to Vieux Telegraphe” as Jason Yapp points out. It smells of summer’s heat and tinder-dry herbs.

Sherry

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Tesco Finest Amontillado, Barbadillo, Jerez (£5.29 for 50cl)
This pale amber sherry, lightly scented with walnuts and toffee, and very dry, tastes refreshing for a slight chill. Serve with tapas, especially light charcuterie and roast red peppers
La Gitana Manzanilla, Hidalgo, Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Waitrose, £8.89 for 70cl, down to £6.99 until Tuesday)
Vivacious, fresh and yeasty with a very dry, almost briny, long finish. Served cold, this is one of the best hot-weather aperitifs in the world, especially with green olives on the side
La Ina Fino, Lustau, Jerez (Wine Society, thedrinkshop.com and independents, from £8.95 for 70cl)Consistently one of the top finos, watery pale, uncompromisingly dry and streaked with tangy apple and lemon. Wonderful sipped ice-cold with salty seafood