If you’re gathering friends or family around you over the long Easter weekend, now’s a good time to think about what wine you’d like to be drinking. In the hope of a little sunshine, I’ve gathered together a few brisk whites and sparkling wines that would be good to pour on a warmish, light early evening. Since so many of us sit down to a roast leg or shoulder of lamb on Easter Sunday, there are also recommendations for more luxurious, feasting red wines (all of which would go well with roast beef, too).

I also spent more time than was strictly necessary checking out which sweet wines taste best with chocolate. Ruby port was the winner with CDM-level (Cadbury’s Dairy Milk) Easter eggs but if you have more serious chocolate and/or a richer pudding like a plain chocolate mousse or cocoa-heavy chocolate cake then go for a good LBV port.