The Bottles

Try these four pinot gris for your summer entertaining

2020 TASTE THE DIFFERENCE PINOT GRIS, MARLBOROUGH, NEW ZEALAND

Well worth the tenner for fans of Kiwi sauvignon and riesling, Sainsbury’s pinot gris is made by respected Marlborough producer Yealands in the north-eastern tip of the South Island. What it lacks in complexity it delivers in zesty tropical-fruit flavours bright as a ray of Antipodean sunshine. sainsburys.co.uk

2020 PINOT GRIS ESTATE, FAMILLE HUGEL, ALSACE, FRANCE

The Hugels have been producing wine in the picture-perfect village of Riquewihr since 1639, and this is made from grapes harvested from a selection of plots across the family’s vineyards. A full-bodied and food-friendly wine with flavours of yellow peach and mirabelle plums as golden as its colour. thewinesociety.com

2019 WILLAMETTE PINOT GRIS, SOKOL BLOSSER, OREGON, USA

Pears, white peaches and ripe green apples balance out the lemon and lime acidity in this crisply refreshing example of the approachable, fruit-forward style of pinot gris made in much of the Willamette Valley – which isn’t to discount the significant effort that goes into hand-picking the grapes at different levels of ripeness before ageing on the lees. pacificwines.co.uk

AND IF YOU WANT TO SPLASH OUT… 2021 PINOT GRIS LES CARACOLES, DOMAINE WEINBACH, ALSACE, FRANCE

Picked by hand from a single plot in the Schlossberg vineyard near Colmar, this deeply concentrated wine combines notes of pineapple and melon with butter and honey, which unfold over the long, layered finish. Think of the case as an investment: this has at least 10 years of ageing potential. justerinis.com