Wines of the week: 8 whites to drink in the heatwave

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. However, the Peter & Ulrich Dry Riesling 2018 fits the bill perfectly, with ripe orchard-fruit flavours and a slightly rounded mineral finish, with just enough subtle weight to keep it interesting and match main course fish dishes or spicy Asian foods. The Basque wine Txakoli is very lightly spritzy, with intriguing lemon and tropical fruit flavours and the Hiruzta Txakoli Hondarribia 2018 is also low in alcohol, making it ideal for picnics or summer lunchtime salads, although it’s brilliant with oysters and seafood. open image in gallery Moving south to Portugal, the wines of Vinho Verde can be a bit too light and thin for my tastes, even for hotter days, but the Portal de Calcada Vinho Verde Reserva 2018 is one of the best I’ve had, packed full of tropical fruit flavours – pineapples and citrus – with hints of spice and a really long finish. Vermentino is another grape that can be a bit on the bland side, but the Poderi Parpinello Ala Blanca Vermentino di Sardegna 2018 – one of the sadly few Sardinian wines to reach our shores – defies these expectations with enticing notes of bitter almond and spices, overlaid with ripe fruit flavours.