The Ten Best: Organic wines

1. Albet i noya lignum 2004 £6.99

1. Albet i noya lignum 2004 £6.99

These Spanish wines from Penedes come in red and white. The light, breezy white, a blend of chardonnay and sauvignon blanc, is perfect for Sunday lunch.

2. Perrin Nature Côtes du Rhône £8.99

This offering from the Perrin family is made from chemical-free grenache and syrah grapes, and carries an Ecocert organic assurance. It has a peppery and spicy flavour.

3. Casa de la Ermita, Jumilla 2003 £6.49

Another big-hitting Spanish red, this time from the sunny south-eastern region of Murcia. It offers good drinkability at a pleasantly intoxicating 14 per cent alcohol.

4. Fleury Père et Fils brut non-vintage £21.99

This is the first champagne to be approved by the organic-certification organisation Demeter as grown in accordance with biodynamic principles. It's a decent bottle of fizz.

5. Catharanthus roseus £9.99

Part of Oddbins' rainforest collection, this is actually a 2000 vin de Pays d'Oc. For each bottle purchased, 50p goes to the Rainforest Foundation UK.

6. Eden shiraz cabernet 2003 £4.51

This Australian wine packs an alcoholic punch. A disappointing bouquet, redeemed by plum and blackberry flavours. Certified organic, but contains sulphites.

7. Penfolds Clare Valley 2003 £9.49

Produced and bottled by the ever-popular South Australian winemakers, this is a cabernet-merlot-shiraz blend. An earthy and complex wine, it is also suitable for vegetarians.

8. Bonterra 2003 £9.99

This expensive but classy white comes from the pioneering organic winemaker Robert Blue of Mendocino County, California. Subtle oaks shelter behind powerful peach and apricot flavours.

9. Terra Viva bianco, Terre di Chieti £4.66

A blend of grape varieties has gone into this slightly unpredictable organic dry white wine. It boasts citrus and melon flavours. At 12.5 per cent alcohol, it's a good choice for a midweek tipple.

10. Côtes du Rhône-Villages Valréas £4.99

Jean Couston's family-owned vineyard has come up with this blend of syrah and grenache, 2003 vintage. Spices, herbs, fruit - it's got the lot. Go for it.