Pinots that won’t break the bank

‘As usual with wine, it depends on your personal taste and, especially with burgundy, how deep your pockets are.’ Photograph: Luis Alvarez/Getty Images

Since the temperature ranged from 9C to 29C on my recent break in the UK, I’m not going to be foolish enough to predict what the weather is going to be like at the beginning of September, but in theory it should be starting to feel autumnal. And, to my mind, that prompts a change in drinking.

I know many of you gaily carry on swigging rosé right through the winter, and there may be the odd day when I do, too, but I’m definitely in the mood to return to reds. And because game and mushrooms are back on the menu, that calls for pinot noir.