White Wine

Organic/Bio Lower ABV What happens when you take a classic, refreshing beach wine and crank the energy up to eleven? You get this electrifying beauty! It’s racy, tart, and assertive, with pops of ripe peach and fresh passionfruit... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV While Pinot Grigio tends to steal all the attention in Alto Adige, Pinot Bianco is arguably the better grape for the slopes of the Dolomites. Alois Lageder crafts an all-steel classic here. Yellow apple,... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV In 1995, two young Italians, winemaker Alberto Antonini of Antinori and entrepreneur Antonio Morescalchi, started this winery to make then-classic Mendoza Malbec. But in 2012, they took a turn. Out went the... Read More

Organic/Bio A very different take on Willamette Valley Pinot Gris even beyond the depth, richness and character imparted by Stephen Hagen’s very different grazing-based viticulture. Here the wine spends 40 days on the skins... Read More

Organic/Bio My note for this is pretty much the same every year: one taste and you'll think, Ah, so THIS is what Willamette Valley Pinot Gris is supposed to taste like! From an organically farmed vineyard south of Salem, it's... Read More

Organic/Bio From a farmer who works his own way, a unique take on Pinot Gris - from a solera begun with the 2018 vintage and added to every year (except the 2020 smoke harvest). As Stephen writes, The core of Perpetual Album begins... Read More

Lower ABV Always a zesty, exuberant, take on New Zealand Sauvignon, this vintage is especially expressive. As Wine Advocate says in the 93 point review, it's herbaceous, crunchy, concentrated and chalky, with layers of saline... Read More

Lower ABV Pretty much exactly what you’d want to drink with seafood and sunset on the Greek Island of Evia. Blending salty Assyrtiko with fragrant Viognier, it serves up generous aromas of white peach and apricot and a burst... Read More

Lower ABV Cortona goes a different direction than the rest of Tuscany. Like here in this blend of 80% Chardonnay and 20% Viognier that’s snappy, fresh and fragrant at just 12.5%. Chardonnay brings green apple and citrus... Read More

Lower ABV Master of Wine Andreas Kubach and his partners tend their 300 small parcels of old-vines in the Basque highlands of Rioja Alavesa with a simple goal: to capture the character of the region, villages in the region, and... Read More

Brian Marcy and Claire Carver make some of the most purely delicious wines in the Willamette Valley. This is a barrel selection from all 7 vineyards they work with, it’s a true portrait of the outstanding 2023 harvest. Whole... Read More

In 1969, George Besson planted these Chardonnay vines in an abandoned plum orchard at the foot of the Santa Cruz Mountains. He and his son have farmed it ever since, and here artisanal producer Birichino captures the magic of... Read More

From all estate fruit fermented and aged in French oak, this is richer, deeper and more ripe-tasting than many Willamette Valley Chards. As Suckling says in the 92 point write-up, “A substantial and well-balanced wine that... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV The hot, sandy desert of Spain’s Jumilla region shouldn’t be able to make white wine this good. The three siblings at the helm of rising star winery Bodega Cerron have found a way, drawing on... Read More

Lower ABV Not your typical easy-breezy salty-peach Albarino! This one is rich and complex, but still fresh, thanks to six months on the lees in both stainless steel and oak foudres. Fifty-year-old vines grown in the Val do Salnés... Read More

The winery describes this as “Freshness, joy and youth in your glass of wine,” and that pretty much sums up this wine. Perfect for weeknights when you want to enjoy a bottle over a couple of nights. The vibrancy is... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV This is SNAPPY Spanish white that showcases the white/pink citrus and herbal bite of Sauvignon Blanc mellowed just a touch by the rounder texture and ripe orange/tangerine fruit of Verdejos. It's from... Read More

Lower ABV This is classic Albarino from the seaside region of Ribadumía in the heart of the Salnés valley, bounded on two sides by cold Atlantic Ocean water flowing inland through the estuaries – or “Rias”... Read More

Organic/Bio Vincent Boyer has moved his old family estate to organic farming and now gives his wines two years elevage – one in 5-8 year-old barrel and a second in concrete egg. This wine, from sites in lower Meursault,... Read More

Lower ABV Wow, is it ever a delight to taste a really classic Muscadet like this one! Crushed rock, leesy/salty minerality, and dollops of crunchy green apple and pear that start and finish with some lemon/lime bite while staying... Read More

Organic/Bio What do Cognac makers drink for an aperitif or at lunch? Pineau des Charentes! And this is one of the very finest from Cognac's first organic estate. The wine starts with fresh, unfermented, juice from the Cognac... Read More

Unless you taste a lot of California Chardonnay, it can be hard to realize how big an accomplishment Bartholomew Broadbent has pulled off here. It's 100% Chardonnay, picked ripe and full of pear and stone fruit flavors perfectly... Read More

From the finest slice of Puligny's large Folatieres 1er Cru, on the steepest sloped section of the vineyard where the soils are stony and pour and the exposure almost due south. You'll taste the sunshine here in richly... Read More

In this very short harvest, there's a little more oak influence to Sylvain's village Puligny (not more new wood, but more second and third use barrels that needed to be kept full!). It just makes this lovely Chardonnay... Read More