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Drinks: Charlotte’s bank-holiday highs
Spice up your bank-holiday weekend with my vibrant selection of drinks: a crisp white or a juicy red – ideal for barbecues. My value rosé find is ideal for picnics with its lightweight portable packaging. And at sunset try my cocktail pick for elegance and fun in equal measures. Go to dailymail.co.uk/you to watch me making grilled lamb chops with a herby pomegranate salad, served with my chosen organic Sicilian Frappato, right
MOTH PALOMA (10%), £3.99, Waitrose. Make the party a ‘can’ do with this cocktail from a leading tinned drinks brand, blending the warmth of tequila with ripe grapefruit and zesty lime. Pair with tortilla chips and some spicy guacamole.
SPECIALLY SELECTED MÉDITERRANÉE ROSÉ 2023 (12%), £6.99, Aldi. Packaged in eco-friendly plastic to minimise its carbon footprint, this French rosé boasts notes of berry fruit and rose petals with a fresh finish.
W/O ORGANIC FRAPPATO SICILY 2022 (13.5%), £13.99, laithwaites. co.uk. This electric-ruby offering is an energising red full of bright cherry fruit flavours: ideal when chilled for lunchtime sipping.
LAURENT MIQUEL ALBARINO 2023 (12%), £12.50, Sainsbury’s.
A southernfrench take on Spain’s Albariño, from the eighthgeneration winemaker Laurent, this one has notes of meadow flowers, zesty lemon and sea air.