How do you pour a bottle of wine ? Grab it by the neck and slosh it into the glass, onto the table, and over anyone who happens to be sitting nearby ?

(A unique example of wine bottle design starts us off this month. To find out about what’s in the bottle, clock on the main headline title above…)

Let’s once and for all debunk the dictum that when it comes to ’special’ wine, the higher the price, the better the quality.

This month we have a bottle of one of the best summer wines you’re ever going to find at a scandalously low €1.45; and a bottle of the best Italian sparkling wine I’ve ever tasted, at a princely €4.

(Two bottles of fantastic wine for under €6 ? Yes indeed – click on the main headline title above to find out more…)

This is one of those ultra-delicious Italian white wines that can only be drunk when it’s at least 90˚ in the shade. And preferably eating outside.

And preferably eating – or rather extended snacking – on vast plates of prosciutto and salami; artichoke hearts; ricotta made just hours ago and cut with fresh herbs and garlic; good bread; with salsicce and little lamb cutlets sizzling away contentedly over charcoal and a big bowl of fresh figs, cherries, white peaches and those little golden coscia pears.

(Ah…an Italian summer idyll. Pull up a chair and find out more about this excellent summer white wine by clicking on the main headline title above…)