And from Central Victoria the 1996 Delatite Hell's Window Riesling pounds 8

And from Central Victoria, the 1996 Delatite Hell's Window Riesling, pounds 8.08, John Armit Wines, London W11 (0171-727 6846), is delicately spicy, complex and appetisingly dry. If styles such as these help to restore the good name of Riesling, Europe could have much to be grateful forWhite of the week1997 Matra Mountain Sauvignon Blanc, Btaszek Region, pounds 3.69, Safeway. From one of an impressive array of new vintage whites from the Hungarian co-operative Neszmely at Safeway's May Wine Fair, running until next Saturday, this is perky, spritz-fresh, young Sauvignon Blanc, with the grape variety's refreshingly aromatic hallmark of elderflower and a sharply edged, grassy, green-pepper finish.Red of the week1997 Merlot delle Venezie, pounds 2.29, Somerfield. Just time to nip down to Somerfield, where, among a number of reds on promotion until Tuesday, this youthfully cherryish Italian glugger has been cut by buyer Angela Mount from its pounds 3.49 list price. Fresh, soft and juicy like a young claret without the tannins, a good party or house red.. Being a DJ is arguably the coolest way to spend your Saturday nights.

The spin culture is so alluring that scores of sportsmen and celebrities have turned their hands to mixing records. Footballers David James and Daniel Dichio have played in some of the UK's top clubs, while Nigel Benn and Boy George have turned DJing into a career move. Unfortunately, not all celebrity spinners win the respect of the clubbing crowd. Kathy Lloyd's recent attempt to challenge the likes of Sasha and Cox ended in a public cat-fight, while Frank Bruno's DJing record failed to pack a punch.On 30 and 31 May, Manchester's G-MEX Centre will be transformed into a haven for DJ wisdom and club lifestyle. DJ Culture 98 promises to be the physical embodiment of everything you wanted to know about DJing but never got to ask.The pros make it look easy, but don't be afraid to admit that, despite spending pounds 700 on a pair of Technics, your finest mixing is still confined to the kitchen. She is professionalism personified as she copes calmly with, say, a wedding party who have food poisoning after the groom's ex-wife did the catering."I thought, `You may never work again', but instinctively I felt that it was the right time to leave EastEnders," says Coulson "I thought I'd explored all the possibilities with Carol I'd cried myself out And there were so many more characters I wanted to play. I want to be known as Lindsey Coulson rather than Carol Jackson."Now you can see why she chose to leave Albert Square for the slightly less high-profile surroundings of Out of Hours, a new BBC1 medical drama about doctors who are on call during the night and the weekend.

Coulson has swapped Carol's scraped-back hair, jeans, T-shirts and dangly jewellery for the business-like hairdo, neat tartan skirt, white coat and stethoscope of Dr Cathy Harding. In the greengrocer's recently, a woman called me Carol, and I had to say, `My name's not Carol My name's Lindsey. I'm an actress and EastEnders isn't real.' Every now and then you want to claim your name back. They bring your private life into what's happening to your character in EastEnders."People become so familiar with you.

"I once went on holiday to Italy with some female friends, and there was a photographer's long lens on me in the swimming-pool They obviously had nothing better to do You can't quite comprehend it It's as if you're reading about someone else. They come and say, `Can I touch your hair?' It's the difficulty of always being observed. The days when you're feeling vulnerable are the hardest because you're still being looked at. I was aware that if I shouted at my child in the street, people would say, `Oh, she's just like her character'." The punters were a doddle, however, compared to Fleet Street's finest.