Wine: Something for the weekend?

6 Tre Castelli Dolcetto, 2006 Pouilly Fumé Les Griottes, 2005 Pallistorti

Under a Fiver

2006 Tre Castelli Dolcetto, Terra da Vino

Dolcetto is the everyday glugging grape of north-west Italy's Piemonte region, and this is a classic pasta-basher. £4.99, Tesco

Under a Tenner

2006 Pouilly Fumé Les Griottes, Jean Pierre Bailly

Scented with the typical nettle and blackcurrant leaf fragrance of sauvignon blanc in the Loire Valley's stronghold of Pouilly Fumé, this is both fruity and enticingly dry. £9.99, buy 2 = £7.99, Majestic Wine

Splash Out

2005 Pallistorti, Colline Lucchesi Rosso DOC, Valgiano

From a quality estate in Tuscany, this stylish rosso displays chianti's trademark sour-cherry fruitiness rounded out by maturation in oak. £16.50, Berry Bros & Rudd (0870 900 4300)