Wines of the Week: Cool Coast Pinot Noir Paredones Casa Silva 2011/12; Crocera Barbera d'Asti Superiore 2013; Les Deux Roches Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie
Terry Kirby selects the best bottles to buy
Sunday lunch
Cool Coast Pinot Noir Paredones Casa Silva 2011/12
An enticingly juicy Pinot from the emerging Chilean coastal region, where sea breezes give the grapes a refreshing lightness. Coupled with bright wild raspberry flavours, smooth tannins and a long finish, this makes for an extremely appealing mouthful. Drink with pan-fried pigeon or pheasant breasts. £13.90, fieldandfawcett.co.uk; £14.04, michaeljoblingwines.com; £14.95, addisonwines.com
Midweek meal
Crocera Barbera d'Asti Superiore 2013
Another fabulous and well-priced autumnal red, ideal for game casseroles or a peppered venison steak on a chill evening, or a plate of Italian hams and salamis. Smoky and spicy, with masses of dark, ripe damsons and cherries, nicely rounded and structured, with a generous, slightly sweetish finish. £7.99, kwoff.co.uk; £8.99, oldchapelcellars.co.uk
Bargain basement
Les Deux Roches Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie
A brilliant-value, reliable white from a new range at Spar – full of crisp, vibrant citric flavours, this is versatile enough to be suitable for party white, as an aperitif or to be drunk with shellfish, especially oysters, and all white fish. £6 (to 11 November; normally £7), Spar
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