It's the perfect accompaniment to a Friday night in on your own with a bottle of plonk and a boil in the bag curry.

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In fact, British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, blessed with a Mediterranean microclimate, is home to some respectable vintages and southern Ontario, on the same latitude as France's Languedoc, produces passable plonk.

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