Wine: Something For The Weekend?

Under a Fiver

2007 Estiba 1 Torrontés, Bodegas Esmeralda
Torrontés is becoming better known as Argentina's signature white variety thanks to dry whites like this zingy, ginger-spicy wine.
£6.55, buy any 2 Argentinian wines = £4.99, Majestic

Under a Tenner

2007 Negro, Roero Arneis
A Piedmontese dry white made from north-west Italy's fragrant arneis grape, ripened here to perfection with a bitter twist of acidity.
£9.95, Great Western Wines (01225 322800; greatwesternwine.co.uk)

Splash Out

2006 Stonier Reserve Chardonnay Mornington Peninsula
Made by Geraldine McFaul, this ultra-sleek Victorian chardonnay shows cool-climate Aussie chardonnay at its most elegant.
£102.55/case of 6, marksandspencer.com