Wine with Leslie: Portuguese wine is great value — here are my top picks

In an ever more expensive world, these wine's show that cheap doesn't have to mean low quality

All of these wines are best served chilled

Portugal does holidays brilliantly, as many tens of thousands of Irish people will attest. They also do holiday wines well and are one of the world’s best value wine producers.

One warm weather thirst quencher you already know is vinho verde, the crisp fresh wine from the northern “Vinho Verde” wine region, usually with a touch of spritz. Twenty years ago these were sometimes rather bitter and simple but these days expect floral and citrus aromas and riper fruits. I’ve recommended GuiGas recently (No. 21, Bradleys) but most are worth a try.