3 wines to try, buy and put by

A sweet Rutherglen Muscat, a cool climate star from Wolf Blass and a muscularly spicy effort from Heathcote in Australia.

From left: Pfeiffer, Wolf Blass Silver Label Chardonnay and Greenstone Vineyard Sangiovese.
From left: Pfeiffer, Wolf Blass Silver Label Chardonnay and Greenstone Vineyard Sangiovese.

TO TRY

Pfeiffer, Rutherglen Muscat NV, €25.95 for 50cl bottle, Cases Wine Warehouse, Galway; cases.ie (93)

Because sweet is our default position in almost everything, we have embraced savoury as the sophisticated adult note – it’s a reversal from our ancestors, for whom sweetness was a rare adult pleasure. And so, the Australian producers of the raisinated 17.5 per cent alcohol Muscats have ...