A world-class yet affordable white

2014 Reguengo de Melgao, Alvarinho, Mono, Portugal (£90 for six bottles £15 each, Strictly Wine, 01235-364536, strictlywine.co.uk).

My annual (unofficial) competition for the best albario of the year was hotly contested over the summer months and, as always, after exhausting bottle shop and supermarkets shelves, I required assistance from "those in the know" to find the ultimate winner. A knowledgeable wine waiter in Lisbon's finest wine bar, Tgide, pointed me in the right direction a superb bistro in Cascais called Dom Diniz. In his opinion this was Cascais' finest restaurant he was right.

A few days later, perched on little stools, in this tiny, quaint cocktail bar cum restaurant, we launched into dish upon dish of stunning, modern Portuguese petiscos. After a few glasses of house wine, which was surprisingly delicious, I decided to trade up. The owner informed me that he would like me to taste his top white wine bring it on I said.

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The wine was this 2014 Reguengo de Melgao Alvarinho, from the top class Vinho Verde sub-region of Mono. It is a wondrous wine. It is also world class and affordable! It is, however, only sold by one merchant in this country, so act fast. Don't say that I don't put in the hard yards for my MoneyWeek readers!

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