Reach for rosé when the sun shines. Perfect as an aperitif, it goes well with starters and salads and can even sit alongside a barbecue. And there is plenty of choice at £10 and under. Make sure your rosé is chilled and as temperatures starts to rise, just add an ice cube to keep the wine cool.
Hidden Sea Rosé 2022, South Australia, £6.50 until 21 June (then £8) Asda
Definitely an ecological wine. So far, this brand has taken 22 million discarded plastic bottles out of the sea and recycled them. The wine tastes great, so everyone wins.
Trivento Malbec 2022, Mendoza, Argentina, £6.50 to 26 June (then £8) Tesco
Fashionably pale and packed with cherry and raspberry fruit with a rounded smooth finish. There’s enough flavour to cope with ice for sunshine drinking.
Specially Selected Coteaux de Béziers Rosé 2022, £6.99, Aldi
With bags of creamy strawberry and cherry fruit, and a definite citrus twist, this goes well with a summer lunch of salads and seafood.
Santa Julia + Malbec Rosé 2022, Argentina, £7 until June 13 (then £9) Sainsbury
Deeper in colour and bigger in flavour than most rosés, this has enough weight to cope with whatever comes off the barbecue.
Taste the Difference Bordeaux Rosé 2022, France, £7 until 13 June (then £8) Sainsbury’s
Fresh with summer berry fruit and a mouth-watering, crisp finish. Team with grilled tuna or chicken and a plate of crunchy salad.
Le Bijou de Sophie Valrose 2022, Coteaux de Béziers, France, £7.49 until 4 July (then £9.99) Waitrose
Distinctive in style and elegance, this is a dry, delicate wine with wild strawberry fruit and a textured, rounded finish.
Specially Selected IGT Costa Toscana Organic Rosé, £7.49 Aldi
Sangiovese with just a splash of merlot and syrah give strawberry and summer pudding flavours and enough structure to handle salmon or a creamy pasta lunch.
B.Ink Rosé 2022, Grant Burge, South Australia, £7.50 until 28 June (then £8.50) Co-op
Pour this at your next barbecue for a terrific mix of redcurrant, cherry and plum fruit flavours and enough structure to cope with an ice cube or two.
La Dame en Rose 2022, Terre du Midi, France, Marks & Spencer £7.50
A delicate shade of pink in the glass, the scent of summer blossom, wild strawberry fruit and enough flavour to accompany a whole summer buffet.
Extra Special Mas Miralda Brut Cava Rosé, £8 Asda
Creamy bubbles, light strawberry fruit and a dry, citrus finish makes this a perfect aperitif. Great for sipping in the garden on a sunny day.
The Best Vinho Verde Rosé 2022, Portugal, £8 Morrisons
With rounded raspberry and strawberry fruit and just a hint of natural spritz, this is definitely dry, with lime on the finish. Team with a paella.
DLZ Idealysta Rosé 2022, IGT, Puglia, Italy, £8.99 on a mix six deal until 20 June (then £12.99), Majestic
Great deep red and black fruit flavours and a sprinkle of herbs from primitivo and negramaro grapes, grown in Puglian sunshine.
Alaina Rosé 2022, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, £8.99 until 4 July, (then £11.99) Waitrose
A blend of syrah, grenache and cinsault picked in the cool of the night giving fresh, juicy strawberry fruit with red apple crunchiness.
Gérard Bertrand Côte des Roses Rosé 2022, Languedoc, France, £9 until 26 June (then £11) Tesco
Gentle red fruits with poise and precision in this stylishly packaged wine. The glass-stoppered bottle with a rose embossed on its base looks good on any table.
Terre des Oliviers Provence Rosé 2022, France, £9 Co-op
Fashionably pale this has peachy, strawberry fruit with a thread of citrus running across the palate. It has the scents and flavours of Provence in a glass.
Tabalí Pedregoso Pinot Noir Rosé, 2022, Chile, £9 until 4 July (then £10.50) Booths
An elegant, fruity pinot noir from the rocky soil (pedregoso) of northern Chile. Watermelon, rose petals and cherry fruit with just a hint of spice.
Castelmaure Corbières Rosé 2022, France, £9.99 on a mix six deal until 20 June (then £11.99), Majestic
The colour is pale, but the flavours are full of raspberry, strawberry and plum notes, rounded off with food-friendly crispness. Big enough for a burger.
Etoile de Timberlay Crémant de Bordeaux Brut Rosé, Marks & Spencer £10
Sophistication at a bargain price, this has a gentle rolling fizz, strawberries and redcurrants on the palate and a creamy finish.
Myrtia Moschofilero Assyrtiko Dry Rosé 2022, Peloponnese, Greece, £10 Marks & Spencer
Two local grape varieties, grown at altitude to keep their freshness provide pink grapefruit and cherry flavours with a brisk sea-salt tang.
Crocodile Diamante 2022, Costières de Nîmes, France, Morrisons £10
Dressed to party in its designer bottle, this is a Provence look-alike, with subtle red fruits and a silky, gentle finish.
