Something For The Weekend: 2001 Canaletto Primitivo<br></br>2000 Anjou Blanc<br></br>2002 Argento Chardonnay

Saturday: 2001 Canaletto Primitivo, Puglia £4.99, Waitrose

An ultra-smooth rosso with a slightly smoky bouquet. And it is no exaggeration to describe this wine from Puglia's adopted primitivo grape as one of the best examples of the southern Italian new wave. With its fine flavours of cinnamon spiciness and rich plummy fruit, it slips down a treat with risotto and pasta.

Sunday: 2000 Anjou Blanc, Bernard Germain, Signature Collection £6.99, Sainsbury's

Yellow-gold in colour, this barrel-fermented Loire Valley chenin blanc from one of the masters of the art, Bernard Germain, is a fresh and spicy dry Anjou white. With the weight, acidity and dry honeyed character of a more-exalted savennières or vouvray, it's the perfect partner for white fish in a beurre blanc sauce

Any day: 2002 Argento Chardonnay, £3.33, Co-op (until 18 May), Sainsbury's (until 13 May)

This Argentinian chardonnay from Catena always offers affordable quality at its normal shelf price of just under a fiver. Reduced to £3.33, for peachy fruitiness cut by the trenchant pineapple acidity and a whiff of vanilla oak, it's even more of a steal.