Belleruche Cotes du Rhone, Chapoutier, 1997 (widely available from Cheers Take-Home offlicences and many independents, usually…

Belleruche Cotes du Rhone, Chapoutier, 1997 (widely available from Cheers Take-Home offlicences and many independents, usually £6.99).

A tasty, cherryish Grenache-based red - good value from a house that is not merely organic but biodynamic in its philosophy. Another pioneering aspect: the label incorporates braille.

Can Vendrell, Penedes, Albet I Noya, 1997 (Redmonds Ranelagh, Good Food Store Ballsbridge, Cosgroves Sligo and other outlets; also direct from Mary Pawle Wines, 064 41443, usually about £6.99).

This Tempranillo with a twist is further proof that good organic wines don't have to cost a bomb. Heartwarming! See Bottle of the Week.

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La Vieille Ferme, Cotes du Ventoux, 1996 (very widely available, usually about £7.50).

Attractively fruity, easy-drinking red from the organically-minded Perrin brothers, proprietors of Chateauneuf-du-Pape's frontrunner, Chateau de Beaucastel.

Chateau Haut-Nouchet, Pessac-Leognan, 1995 (Grapes of Mirth Rathmines, DeVine Wine Shop Castleknock, about £18.95).

Keep this for a couple of years and its already subtle and intriguing elements should knit together and intensify. Produced by Louis Lurton, well-known in Bordeaux, it's totally organic.