2006 Rully, 1er cru Montpalais, Jean-Baptiste Ponsot, Burgundy, France (£14.69, Domaine Direct, tel. 020 7837 1142).  Red alert, this bottle knocked me and my wine-writing girlfriend sideways when we tasted it the other day.  The competition is now on now, between us, to see who can get it into one... 

2005 Château Grand-Maison, Cuvée Spéciale, Côtes de Bourg, Bordeaux, France (£20.95 per magnum, Haynes, Hanson and Clark, London tel. 020 7584 7927 and Stow-on-the-Wold tel. 01451 870808).  Over the next few weeks I will be homing in on particularly serious wines for entertaining your pals this... 

2006 Yabby Lake Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia (£24.00, reduced to a MoneyWeek offer price of £19.50, SWIG, London tel. 08000 272 272 and www.swig.co.uk).   The three musketeers of the UK wine scene, Robin, Damon and James at SWIG managed to secure the UK agency for SWIG earlier... 

  2007 Feudi di San Gregorio, Falanghina, Campania, Italy (£9.99, Tesco, Majestic).   I cannot believe that I have not written up a funky Italian white wine in this column for over two years.  I whole-heartedly apologise to my readers for this heinous crime.  So, this is a long overdue trumpet...