2007 Equality Chardonnay-Viognier, Las Lomas, Chile, Morrisons, £5.79; Thresher, buy three for £4.66 each.
Fairtrade Fortnight starts on Monday, so stock up with this zesty, Granny Smith, aniseed and hawthorn-charged blend from the celebrated co-operative, Las Lomas.

2005 Equality Cabernet Sauvignon, Las Lomas, Chile, Asda and Thresher, buy three for £3.33 each and £4.66 each respectively.
Equality produces some of the best Fairtrade wines, turning the crop from 240 growers into some brilliant bottles, including this fat, green-peppered cabernet.

2006 Andrew Peace Limited Release Chardonnay, South Eastern Australia, Co-op, down to £3.99 until March 9.
Inexpensive Aussie offerings will be scarce this year, so anyone with a weakness for the sunny, sweet, easy-over, uncomplicated melon and peach flavours of a juicy chardonnay like this one should buy long.

2006 Andrew Peace Limited Release Shiraz-Cabernet, South Eastern Australia, Co-op, down to £3.99 until March 9.
Purists will loathe the fat, sweet, 14 per cent alcohol berry fruit of this Aussie wine, but the rest of us will love its well-made, voluptuous, earthy style.

2006 Seresin Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand, Armit (020- 7908 0660), £11.95.
Marlborough sauvignon from the northern tip of New Zealand’s South Island continues to be a modish New World classic. This soft, floral, yet elegant, zesty, verdant ‘06 gets my vote.

2004 Château Grand Village, Bordeaux Supérieur, France, Armit, £8.50.
Bordeaux continues to infuriate and delight in equal measure, so it is a relief to find a humble bordeaux supérieur property that manages to make good wine most years like this soft, velvety, herby claret.

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