Wines of the week: David Williams

Three unusal wines to suit three different budgetsLuis Pato Maria Gomes, Bairrada, Portugal 2010 (£8.99, highburyvintners.co.uk; corksof.com) Luis Pato has for some time been one of Portugal's best winemakers, a moustachioed maestro who has helped transform the reputation of the sleepy Bairrada region to the north of Coimbra. He specialises in indigenous Portuguese grape varieties such as the wonderfully named Maria Gomes, which here makes for a mellow but fresh white, which is full of apricots and orchard fruit.Bellingham The Bernard Series Roussanne, Paarl, South Africa 2010 (£9.99, Sainsbury's)Here's a wine that provides yet more proof that the grape varieties of the Rhône are well-suited to some of South Africa's warmer regions. In this example it's roussanne, most commonly

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