Three fabulous Italian wines for under a tenner

2014 Vermentino, Mandrarossa, Sicily(£5.95, The Wine Society, 01438-741177).

No, that's not a typo I am featuringa wine that costs as much as anupmarket sandwich this week,and you must grab a case. TheWine Society is running a specialItalian Offers promotion from 3August (while stocks last) andthis is a star wine in their line-up.

Coming from myfavourite co-operative, Mandrarossa, this bright, cheeryvermentino is a fabulously evocative wine with momentsof pineapple, watermelon and lime on the palate. It hasa long, sultry finish, too. Buy it for party purposes youmight find it classy enough for your dining table, too!

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There are two other epic reds featured in The WineSociety's offer. The 2014 Frappato di Sicilia Nicosia (£7.95)is a hilariously camp wine with an ostentatious raspberry juicenose and a rose-petal palate. Amazing with barbecuedfare and also crispy duck pancakes, I love this light-hearted,chillable, summery red.

Finally, 2013 Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso Torredel Falasco (£8.95) is a serious, dense, broodingstallion with a full frame and dark, foresty blackfruit. This is more of an autumnal wine, but I wouldbuy it now because I venture that if you wait it will sellout.

Matthew Jukes is a winner of the InternationalWine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year(matthewjukes.com).

Matthew Jukes has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006.

He has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website.

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.