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What’s not to love about this collection of the unusual, the historical and the traditional (but with a twist) – especially as prices start at £5.32

Anyone seeking kindly priced Kiwi pinot noir, two contrasting sauvignons and a superb summer red at under £6.50 will find this re-launched page is exactly the place for them.

More reds to enjoy (one at half price) and wine royalty suggests why whites are so heavily outnumbered.

Folk still shy away from Majestic and its “minimum purchase” rules but it is actually quite easy to get great wine and great value there without spending a fortune.

It may just be me but the quality of New World entry point wines seem on an upward spiral; they are back to knocking French

If – despite official denials – the prosecco does run out, here is a great cava and some well made, inexpensive table wines too

Here – amongst others – are three New World reds (from £5 upwards) to enjoy that cover a range of styles – and all form part of the Sainsbury’s promotion that runs for the rest of June.

Despite the current run of good value wines from Europe, let me show you four New World bottles that are also very attractively priced; some will come as a surprise.

My quarry on this website is not the cheapest wine – but bottles that cost significantly less than their quality seems to justify. Here are some that hit that spot well.

Summer drinking tends to be predictable – so let’s find amazing alternatives to those muscular barbecue-resistant reds and ever present sauvignon blancs.

Lidl’s latest wine collection has been unveiled and, as before, there are some great – and sometimes unusual – wines to savour. An excellent Iberian trio will, I think, be enjoyed by most drinkers – and their bank managers.

National Barbecue Week finishes on Sunday but it is not too late to pull some BBQ friendly, well priced reds from the current round of Tesco promotions.

Usually convenience store wine shelves mean limited choice, higher prices and – sometimes – patchy quality. Come with me though to a retailer represented in most towns and villages that skilfully averts all three of those drawbacks and also has a great option for any prosecco famine.

Catch up with the varied and reliable batch of promotions that Waitrose have assembled for the rest of May. I have pinpointed four particularly strong examples but there are many more in store to engage the incurable wine browser.

Inexpensive Bordeaux wine often seems an oxymoron but the latest Sainsbury’s promotion (along with its bulk buy discount where it applies) turns it into reality. I have pinpointed three of the region’s wines that, to me, illustrate the point perfectly.

With a whole range of supermarket promotions to dazzle and confuse, here is a short list of the best of the current bunch. Put them in your trolley’s sat nav for days when there is time for little beyond “grab and go” shopping.