A 2004 Riesling from the German winery, Schloss Schonbörn, in the Rheingau proved to be the perfect pair. This wine had a slight greasiness with a flinty aroma. The body is soft and easy and swirling is unusually fun. Hint of apricots and a lower than average ABV means you can have two glasses before flinging yourself headfirst into a wall of stinky flesh and not lose your cool.

Forget the pennies imagery, come to think of it. Getting on a packed tube feels more like you’re a rusty key being sunk into a bucket of cream cheese. German Riesling with packed public transport: 8.8.

Other runners up include a Verdicchio from central Italy. Verdicchio often look like a chardonnay, but tastes better. In this case the clear, hay yellow hue of the wine was tinted with light green (thus the use of ‘verde’ in its name). The first day it was opened it was crisp and lively, if too tart. The second day all had balanced out. By the fourth day, a day that most chardonnays would spoil by, this Verdicchio tasted like a chardonnay!

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