This week's wine has a garnet-red colour and on the nose there are delicate aromas of cherry and other soft red fruits.

This is a fairly complex wine of 13.5 per cent alcohol (that's over 10 units to the bottle). It's quite full-bodied, the fruit being concentrated and tasting of blackberries and a blend of other red berries.

Sweet tannins and a peppery background add to the flavour. This is very much a food wine, which should go well with all beef dishes and of course Sicilian food.

The provenance is Sicily, Italy's largest wine region that produces more wine than any other Italian state, other than Apulia, and even more than Chile.

With 11 million hectolitres Sicily is becoming more popular every year and has a reputation for long lasting wine, especially from this grape variety- nero d' avola. This bottle probably came from a co-operative, as do 80 per cent of Sicily's wines. This wine came from Morrisons and has been reduced from £7.99 to £4.99.

A more expensive bottle from Sicily, that I found particularly pleasant, is also in the store. It's from a blend of Shiraz and viognier which is becoming more universally popular (the French have done this in the northern Rhône for centuries). It comes from the Lnycon Estate in south west Sicily. The wine itself is rich and fruity with a hint of spice. It's recommended with lamb and the spicy pasta dishes of the area. Morrisons sell it at £ 7.99.