With the game season now just properly underway, we are being asked for suitable wines to go with this excellent source of low-fat organic free range food. Grouse is very expensive this year but the popular pheasant and partridge are great value birds to try alongside mallard and good rich warming venison stews. Try this superb collection of wines that are stunning with game.

The Wines for Game case costs £116Discounted and includes three bottles each of the following four wines.

Visan Côtes du Rhône Villages 2009, Rhône Valley: Soft and spicy with hints of leather and cherry, this fruity wine is perfect for pheasant and game birds that have not been hung for too long. The wine’s freshness is a perfect complement to juicy young partridges too.

Tapiz Syrah 2006, Argentina: Top-quality Syrah from one of Argentina’s very best producers, this is a superb example of the syrah grape grown in the new world — spicy and beautifully structured with flavours of roast meat and bacon fat. Ideal with most game.

Primitivo Puglia 2009, Italy: From the warm climate of the heel of Italy this Primitivo (or Zinfandel as the Californians call it) is delightfully rich and soft and is a perfect match with venison or grouse.

Trentham Petit Verdot 2006, Australia: A wonderfully ripe and dark-fruited wine with flavours of blackcurrants and eucalyptus, this is a great match with mallard or any other really rich game including wild boar sausages and well-hung grouse.

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If you would like to buy unmixed or mixed cases of wines that you have particularly liked from The Oxford Times Wine Club at the same special discounted prices, please contact Theo Sloot at The Oxford Wine Company on 01865 301144 or email theo@oxfordwine.co.uk