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For many of us, rosé is no longer the preserve of the summer months but a wine to enjoy throughout the year. Not for nothing is it a mainstay on the terraces of St Moritz and Courchevel. Here's a selection of our favourites, from crisp Provence-style wines to more structured examples – wines that will shine with the right dish – from regions as diverse as Etna and Stellenbosch.

There's a special place in our hearts for lighter reds but as the nights draw in, we tend to reach for wines with a little more structure and depth. Classic sources of such wines include the Rhône and Piedmont – two regions that also happen to produce, at this time of year, some of the world's finest truffles. Autumn is also game season here the UK, which is an ideal excuse to uncork your finest mature red Burgundies.

If the height of summer calls for rosé and lighter whites (not to mention chillable reds), now's the time for richer white wines. The most celebrated examples would include Meursault and Chardonnays from New World regions such as Margaret River and Sonoma. The perennially underrated whites of the Rhône Valley – made from the Marsanne and Roussanne or Viognier grapes – also fit the bill.

This is the term coined by Flint Burgundy Director Jason Haynes for red Burgundies made by producers most celebrated for their whites. Often made in tiny volumes (the whites representing the lion's share of production), these reds hail primarily from the Côte de Beaune, from the villages of Volnay and Pommard, and Beaune itself. All too easily overlooked, they are world-class wines in their own right.