Fri 14 May 2021 09.00 EDT It struck me the other day how strange it is that we say to friends we’re having round for dinner, “Is there anything you can’t eat?” yet we rarely ask them if there’s anything they don’t drink. Or even if they’re drinking alcohol at all, unless we know they’re temporarily or permanently on the wagon. Few would volunteer it, either. They might tell you they don’t eat meat, but would they say: “By the way, I don’t drink red wine”, or: “Is that wine suitable for vegans?” In most households, of course, the choice of food will come first, but when you’re picking a wine to go with it, it may be something you want to think about more. Unless I know my guests well, I tend to be slightly more conservative about my wine choices, picking wines that I know are crowdpleasers, rather than obscure finds about which I might be newly enthusiastic. For instance, I know that, while I like light reds, most of my red-wine-loving friends would rather have a more full-bodied one, and that quite a few would rather have a glass of prosecco than a pet nat (a semi-sparkling natural wine that isn’t half as sweet).