WHETHER your fancy is red, white or something inbetween, Alan Irving is here to guide you through the best wines.

• Chocolate and wine do go together
• Try the world’s best chardonnay
• Two red wines make for a fine consolation
• All white on the night
• Rubbing some wine into the French wounds
• Reds are a tonic for autumn blues
• Time to tackle our Rugby World Cup opponents...
• Naked ambition
• Reel success from the vines of Mr Coppola
• The best in the universe? I’ll let you decide...
• Mix and match at Christmas
• Please don’t pass by the port
• Sweet melodies after Quo from pinot noir
• Truly out of this world