Wine Club: the highlights of Mr Wheeler’s Summer Sale

Wet, cold and miserable though it is, summer wouldn’t be summer without our annual Summer Sale with our old chums at Mr Wheeler. Hurrah!

The operations director, Mark Cronshaw, sent me a stack of wines to try and, devilishly hard though it was (not helped by an intense weekend on the hard stuff in Edinburgh with those wicked purveyors of wonder at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society) I managed to pick six highlights below – wines that I think offer particularly good value for money.

Here I have picked wines that I think offer particularly good value for money

With almost 100 wines on offer at extremely tasty prices, there are many others that caught my eye too, and I beg you to look at the wider list (see link below). Not only that, Mark promises me that Spectator readers will have a ten-day head start before the offer is sent out to Mr W’s own customers, so for heaven’s sake fill your boots and tell him I sent you.

The 2021 Dopff & Irion Cuvée René Dopff Riesling (1) is a regular favourite of mine. I adore the wines of Alsace and of Dopff & Irion, too, where I’ve visited several times. Indeed, I’m off there again in September now I think about it. D&I make great wines, and this dry and intense Riesling is beautifully focused with hints of fresh apple and citrus. It makes a cracking start to any meal. £13.45 down from £14.95.

The 2023 Abadia Do Seixo Albariño (2) from Galicia in the far north-west of Spain can also kickstart the most jaded of appetites. The previous vintage offered in these pages was a huge success and this, lemony and creamy and ever so slightly salty, is just as fine and just as fine value. £13.95 down from £15.45.