Nectarine and some peach with a little almond meal. Soave’s so good with smoked salmon bagels. All the vibrant acidity and lemon pith will cut straight through those capers. Grab a bottle and your ingredients, this will make for the best winey lunch you’ve had in a while.

Sandro de Bruno Soave 2023

Loredan Gasparini Prosecco Superiore NV

Veneto’s a long way from Napoli but this is still perfect pizza wine. Corvina is native to Veneto where it’s the most-planted red grape, and in this blend, it’s full of sweet fruits and savoury tannin. Do you know how to make a vegetable quiche (tarta salada)? This is your time to shine with an epic pairing if so.

Domini Del Leone Veneto Rosso 2023

Close your eyes and it's all peach skins, yellow flower blossoms, and a sunrise over the Adriatic. There’s a depth that seems to stretch at your whim, and features just a little, playful acidic bite, like the people you might share the bottle with.

Borgo Paglianetto Verdicchio di Matelica Terravignata 2023

Seems to take what we love about Italian Vermentino, Grigio and Chardonnay to some divine place. Drinks with ripe, fleshy stone fruit and a little aniseed sweep that lengthens everything.

Librandi Bianco Segno Ciro White blend 2022

Lucano Vermouth del Cavaliere

Summer day bianco from the hills! A lot of Moscatos miss the balance trick, but this one has it down – floral on the nose then fresh with citrus peels and a little sugary fizz that stays grounded thanks to some nice acidity. Would be perfect with Pannecotta, or if your AC's out this summer and you need something super refreshing.

Balbi Soprani Moscato D asti 2023

Plural for a Soprano? Did the showrunners get the title wrong? There was more than one of them after all. Speaking of a classic, smooth, here it is with that trademark bricky tannin and savoury edge wrapped in blood orange notes, a little rose and some earth. Add a ragu for perfection.

Balbi Soprani Barbaresco 2019

Tumbler wine that’s perfetto when a little old country taverna vibe is required. Juicy from the start but with enough trademark bricky tannin. Emilia Romagna is a beautiful place and we are thankful to have this. Thanks again.

IL Vignaiolo Rubicone Sangiovese 2023

Blackberries and macerated black cherries. Lambrusco is always a joy and this lifts that spirit into the ether by pairing perfectly with that homemade Salami, Mortadella and Bresaola sandwich you've made! This is going to be a great day ahead, nice.

Medici Ermete Lambrusco 2022

From the flat lands in Veneto comes a wine brimming with light, crisp and floral leaves. Think lifted jasmine and some zest with a savoury edge. It’s wines like these that are the reason the world loves northern Italian Grigio.

IL Vignaiolo Pinot Grigio 2023

Sangiovese with a couple of friends, Colorino and Canaiolo, who seemed to show up as soon as the water started boiling and the amount of pasta needed to be calculated. The three combine for amaro and blood orange juice running over terracotta with enough bright acidity to get through the host’s famous ragu.

Orsumella Chianti Classico 2021

Very much on the bright side for Sangiovese, complete with all the black and red cherries, and a lot of dusty tannins. Some wines are just honest in the best way and taste and behave, true to style. Pair it with any Tuscan specialty at lunch – Pappardelle with pork.

Sagona Gattorosso Sangiovese Blend 2022

Veneto Prosecco that’s straight down the line, complete with a good amount of fruit and a dry finish. Naturally, it’s full of lemon sherbert and some stone fruit. You might want to stock up and take one this weekend, and another to your mate’s for dinner next week and have one on hand for when so-and-so come for the kids’ playdate next weekend.

Castelnuovo Prosecco Extra Dry NV

This has a lean citrus and some salinity. It's perfect at pisolino (siesta) in the afternoon and the money you saved by not buying Chablis could be used to buy a lobster tail, fancy butter, organic garlic and special Pappardelle – why I have no $.

Terre di Vita Deci Mani Lucido Catarratto 2023

This feels like the kind of wine to warm you up a little on a spring evening by the river when it just gets a little colder than you thought it would do. With bread, and a basket of cheeses, antipasti and some glasses we think you’ll have an evening to remember and come back for a second bottle.

Sensi Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2022

A great Italian red that's safe, approachable, sensible and delicious! Feels like a dinner party bottle, but night-in worthy too, we can’t decide whether it’s more dark choc and Scacchi, or chicken cacciatore and mates. Either option sounds great.

Cantina Etrusca Morellino di Scansano 2022

Blushing with light citrus bliss, and a delicate mouthfeel, this one’s a little herby and rounded out with a savoury edge thanks to time in steel.

Cantina di Soave 2022

Deliciously ripe and fleshy cherry notes, wrapped delicately in tobacco leaf and a lovely bitter cherry edge in this Chianti that’s sitting more in the plush and weightier.

Tenuta Casabianca Chianti Collo Senesi 2021

Fragrant Bardolino with some lively aromas and a palate of red berries. There’s also some flinty minerality which adds to the wine’s moreish profile. This is going to be oh so perfect with a borlotti bean dish, salami and a wedge (summer’s not the time for slices) of asiago.