There is a particular pleasure in not knowing. The wine trade spends most of its energy telling you exactly what you are about to drink: the vineyard, the vintage, the angle of the slope, the mineral content of the soil. The Mystery Case does the opposite. Six bottles, one price, no spoilers. And after a short spell away, it is back on the shelf and misbehaving more happily than ever.

What actually turns up

Six hand-selected bottles, chosen completely at random, sent out with the labels kept firmly to themselves. The price is £119.99 for the lot, with every case guaranteed at least £99.99. The catch, and it is the good kind of catch, is that some cases are worth rather more than that. We fold in things we are excited about: a grower we have just taken on, a vintage that overdelivered, the odd bottle that would ordinarily cost the whole case on its own.

This round is a better one. Better bottles, bigger pulls, more reasons to accidentally open something on a Tuesday.

Why we brought it back

Because people missed it, quietly and then loudly. There is something freeing about handing over the decision. Every wine list, every shelf, every recommendation asks you to choose, and choosing is a wonderful thing until it becomes a small daily tax on your attention. The Mystery Case is permission to stop. You trust the people who buy the wine, and the wine turns up.

There is a second, sneakier benefit. The case widens your palate without you having to be brave about it. Left to our own devices, most of us drink a version of the same three wines forever. A mystery box quietly pushes a Puglian red, an Alpine white or a grower Champagne into your week, and every so often one of them becomes the new favourite you would never have reached for.

Who it's for

The gloriously indecisive. The endlessly curious. Anyone buying a gift for a wine person and terrified of getting it wrong (you cannot, that is the point). And the trusting soul who reads our notes, likes our taste, and would rather we did the thinking this week. If you like knowing precisely what you are getting, that is allowed too, and there is a whole shop for you.

For the evening you want a sure thing to sit beside the surprise, a bottle like Tenuta San Guido's Guidalberto is the confident known quantity: Bolgheri polish, no guesswork required.

Stock on the Mystery Case moves fast and, by its nature, it does not hang around long enough to write about twice. So this is the note. Six bottles, one price, and the small thrill of a label you have not read yet. Try not to open it before the weekend. We know you will.