Six tempting South American bottles from Honest Grapes

Our Spectator Wine Time Friday/BYOB lunch last week was a belter, with 15 of us managing to see off 21 bottles quite comfortably and with no apparent ill effects. Indeed, we all left pretty much as steadily as we arrived, and I was proud that several readers still had it in them to enjoy a few post-prandials at the Two Chairmen.

I politely declined to join them, having promised Mrs Ray that I wouldn’t be late or in a state, but was utterly undone by bumping into the two Nicks on the train to Skid Row-on-Sea and helping them polish off their M&S Chardonnay before shouting them cocktails in Bar Valentino. Mrs R was far from impressed and icily insisted on an alcohol-free weekend. Happily, I’d already chosen the wines for this offer courtesy of Honest Grapes (with enthusiastic help from her, I might add, something she seems to have forgotten) and, with three from Chile and three from Argentina, showcasing five grape varieties and one blend, I reckon we’ve much to tempt you.

The 2022 TerraNoble Reserva Sauvignon Blanc (1) from Chile’s Casablanca Valley is fresh and zesty with plenty of ripe tropical/citrusy fruit in the mouth and a crisp, clean, dry finish.