Inside our monthly wine subscription: May 2026

May's Vinito box is here - and this month we've leaned fully into the season. Think lightly sparkling Italian rosé, a Barcelona white blend that'll make you want tapas immediately, a Sauvignon Blanc grown 10km from the Pacific, a sunshine rosé, a chillable Portuguese red that took us months to source, and an award-winning Austrian red that will convert anyone who thinks they don't like red wine.

Six canned wines. Six stories worth knowing. All landing on your doorstep as part of our monthly canned wine subscription - with tasting notes written by me, Louisa, so you can sip with a bit of context rather than just guessing.

Here's everything in the May box, plus exactly how to enjoy each one. 🍇

1. Canvino Naturally Sparkling Rosé, Italy 🫧

• Tastes like: ripe strawberries, a squeeze of citrus, and the faintest whisper of florals — all wrapped in the finest, liveliest bubbles you'll get from a can
• Pairs with: seafood, creamy pasta, a peach and burrata salad, or a Saturday afternoon with no particular agenda
• Insider intel: Made using the Charmat method - the same technique behind Prosecco - where secondary fermentation happens in pressurised tanks rather than individual bottles. This keeps everything fresh, delicate and effortlessly drinkable. At just 10.5% ABV, it's also the lightest pour in this month's box, making it the obvious opener. If you've ever been sceptical about sparkling rosé in a can, this is the one that'll change your mind.
• Food Pairing: Peaches and Tomatoes with Burrata — Bon Appétit

Pop the bubbles

2. Hands Off The White Wine, Spain 🍍

• Tastes like: green apple, pineapple and tropical fruit - clean and full-bodied with a freshness that catches you off guard for a blend this characterful
• Pairs with: grilled prawns, goat's cheese, tapas, or anything summery where a dry white needs to hold its own
• Insider intel: This is a blend of three grapes - Xarel-lo, Sauvignon Blanc and Macabeu - hand-harvested from the Castell D'Age vineyards just outside Barcelona. Xarel-lo is a native Catalan grape with real personality: it adds body and texture you wouldn't get from a straight Sauvignon. The name, by the way, is not a suggestion. It is a warning. Once you open this one, good luck leaving any for tomorrow.
• Try with:  MOB's Easy Tapas Recipes — build a spread and work through the can slowly. That's the correct way to drink this.

Try the Barcelona blend

3. Krakat'inii Sauvignon Blanc, Chile 🌊

• Tastes like: grass, citrus zest, stone fruit and a hint of the exotic - vibrant and fresh with real texture underneath
• Pairs with: ceviche, herb salads, grilled fish, mezze spreads, or anything where you want wine that's genuinely refreshing rather than just cold
• Insider intel: The Leyda Valley sits just 10km from the Pacific Ocean. That proximity means cooler temperatures and sea breezes throughout the growing season, which slow ripening and preserve the grape's natural acidity and aromatics. The result is a Sauvignon Blanc that's more layered than your average supermarket bottle. Three months resting on the lees (the spent yeast cells left after fermentation) adds extra texture and depth that you can actually taste. This one punches well above its weight — and its can.
• Food pairing: Acapulco Ceviche — Ottolenghi — citrusy, fresh, and a perfect coastal match for a coastal Chilean wine.

Taste the coast

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4. Wallflower Garnacha Rosada, Spain 🌸

• Tastes like: strawberry, raspberry and juicy melon - bright, moreish and cheerful, with crisp acidity that keeps it from tipping into sweet
• Pairs with: prawns, scallops, summer salads, charcuterie, soft cheeses - or quite honestly, anything you'd eat in a garden on a warm evening
• Insider intel: La Mancha is the largest wine region in the world, covering the vast, sun-baked plains of central Spain. Garnacha - known as Grenache in France - thrives here because the vines are incredibly resilient to heat and drought. The result is a rosé with proper fruit character, real vibrancy, and an easy drinkability that makes it dangerously moreish. Despite the name, this wine is anything but a wallflower. It absolutely shows up.
• Food Pairing: Spicy Prawn & Pistachio Spaghetti — MOB Kitchen

Rosé season starts here

5. Gatão Vinho Tinto, Portugal 🍒 

• Tastes like: fresh cherry and raspberry with a subtle herbal edge - smooth, light-bodied and beautifully easy to drink
• Pairs with: grilled chicken, tapas, Mediterranean dishes, tuna, grilled sardines, or served lightly chilled as an aperitif
• Insider intel: This is a wine I've been trying to get back into the Vinito range for months, and I'm genuinely thrilled it's here. Gatão is one of Portugal's most iconic wine brands - making wine since 1905 - and this Vinho Tinto is something special: a light ruby red made from four classic Portuguese grapes (Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barroca and Touriga Franca) that you can - and should - serve slightly chilled. Yes, chilled. It's the red wine that converts people who think they don't like red wine. If you're new to canned wine or to wine tasting at home more generally, this is an excellent place to start.
• Food Pairing: Grilled Portuguese Sardines — Olive Magazine — keeps the Portuguese thread going beautifully.

Pour the Gatão

6. Canned Wine Co. St Laurent, Austria 🫐 

• Tastes like: plums, mulberries and dark cherries, with a lick of peppercorn spice and a hint of cocoa on the finish. Medium-bodied, fresh and genuinely moreish.
• Pairs with: duck, salmon, cured meats, Gruyère, or Portobello mushrooms stuffed with blue cheese
• Insider intel: St Laurent is Austria's best-kept secret - a grape so historically linked to Pinot Noir that the two were regularly confused. This one comes from Weingut Glatzer, a family estate in Carnuntum south-east of Vienna, where the grapes are hand-harvested and aged for 12 months in oak barriques before canning. It's picked up a Silver Medal at the London Wine Competition and a Gold at the International Canned Wine Competition. If you enjoy Pinot Noir, Beaujolais, or lighter reds generally, this will be a new favourite. The fact that it comes in a can is, frankly, wild given the quality.
• Food pairing: Roast Duck Breast with Cherries — MOB Kitchen - dark fruit with dark fruit. Trust the process.

Meet Austria's best-kept secret

That's your May box 🍷

Six wines from six different regions - Italy, Spain, Chile, Portugal and Austria - all in cans, all ready to open without ceremony. That's what a Vinito subscription is for: to make wine exploration genuinely easy, genuinely interesting, and genuinely good fun.

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Want to read last month's deep dive? Here's what was in the April box →