Weekend wine with Blake Creedon

YES, it did feel like summer had come early last week, but the sudden shift from unseasonably warm sunshine to unseasonably heavy rain put paid to that.

Nevertheless, this is as good a time as any to line up some wines, particulary well suited to the long warm evenings that are (hopefully) on the way. So this week and next my mission is to put together the best widely-available examples of two styles that are particularly warm weather friendly — rosés today and, next week, wines that are just a little bit sweet.

No wine is the ‘wrong’ one for warm weather: if a particular deep, dark red is your favourite, it certainly won’t go amiss while you’re sitting outside.