No, your eyes did not deceive you. Channel 4 has confirmed that, indeed, it was a bottle of Palwin's that appeared in the latest episode of its popular home cooking contest, Come Dine With Me.

Quite how our favourite tipple – I stretch the point – ended up on the table of host Dave, a Weston-super-Mare artist cum rickshaw pilot, is anyone's guess. No doubt it complimented his main course of jacket potato and home-made beans. Perhaps he can spare a glass for Michael Rosen (see below).