2025

Organic/Bio One of the best things about Monestrell is how it can develop really ripe fruit flavors without turning sweet or fruity. Like here in this cheerful Jumilla, Spain, example from younger vines and done all in tank. It’s... Read More

Lower ABV An ENORMOUS amount of wine for the money here, in 100% Malbec grown carefully at high altitude and then made in steel to let the grape and place shine through. Black-fruited on the nose and palate with fine complexity... 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 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

Although this maybe the best wine ever for fish tacos and chips with salsa, we're not recommending it because it's Mexican. It's just stupid good and distinctive. Blending Merlot, Tempranillo, Syrah and Barbera, it's... Read More

Giving a grand holiday wine gift can be easy - just snap up one of our Holiday Classics Samplers! Inside you'll find 12 classic Holiday wines - 6 white, 6 red - all with elevated style and quality ready to enjoy with seasonal... Read More

Organic/Bio Yes, there's more to Provence than pink wine. In fact, once you taste this, you may never think of Cotes de Provence exactly the same again! It's a 50/50 Grenache/Syrah blend that delivers big blackberry fruit... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV An exceptionally fresh and energetic Provencal pink built on organically grown Grenache and Cinsault plus splashes of Syrah and Ugni Blanc (Vermentino). On the nose and palate, delivers bold notes of crunchy... Read More

Organic/Bio Gilles Pons and his team just keep improving the quality of what is already the best Provençal rosé we know of. By thoughtful pruning and meticulous organic farming, he manages to pick Grenache and Cinsault... Read More

Lower ABV Chased out of post-phylloxera vineyards by higher-yielding Trebbiano, Pecorino was thought to be extinct until a few very old vines were discovered in the mid-1980s. Today it's arguably the flagship white of Italy's... Read More

Lower ABV The kind of excellent value in all-purpose, clean, fresh, and delicious Pinot Grigio that's getting harder and harder to find. Importer Lia Tolaini-Banville sources fruit from across the Veneto and ferments it cool... Read More

Lower ABV Samso in most commonly seen at the Catalan name for Carignan. Since the 1880s, Dom Cazes has been most famous for their sweet, timeless, Rivesaltes. This is neither, a dangerously drinkable and dry 100% Cinsault that's... Read More

Organic/Bio The little village of Visan in the middle of the Cotes du Rhone always seems to give wines with a sleek fruit and a hint of something we might call “ink” (but in a good way – really!). The blend of... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV A cheerful, fresh, southern Rhone rose value courtesy of...Caladoc! This crossing of Grenache and Malbec created in 1958 gives bold fruit, soft tannins and a smidge of cherry color to this pretty pink, perfectly... Read More

Lower ABV Think of Coteaux du Giennois as the front door to Sancerre (technically the “back door” since it’s down river, but that doesn’t sound nearly as good!). The limestone soils here were given over... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV The sister/brother team of Aurelie and Thibaut Giraudon grow wine on about 60 acres in Chitry, just outside of Chablis in northern Burgundy. Thibaut harvests each plot of their 15 acres of Pinot when the... Read More

Lower ABV Try to imagine what a rose of Pinot Noir from Chablis would smell and taste like. From rose of Pinot expect the bright and crunch griotte cherry Burgundy is famous for, some tangy stone fruit, a bit of cherry pit bite.... Read More

Lower ABV Best known for his Pallette rosé (with Ch Simone, one of only 2 imported into the USA), Dom Henri Baunnaud also crafts this lovely Provençal pink from the high-altitude Sainte Victoire region. The Grenache... Read More

Traveling to Uruguay in search of Albarino delivers something a little different! To be honest, it smells more like Sauvignon Blanc with some wild grapefruit and fresh herb notes. Then Albarino's classic melon, white peach... Read More

Lower ABV As the winery says, La Galope is “A serious French wine that doesn’t take itself too seriously…just like those who make it. Born in Gascony, France, and brought to you with a good measure of bonhomie... Read More

Lower ABV Terrific Albarino here – crisp, mineral, tangy, salty and mouthwateringly long. The pergola-trained vines are just off the Atlantic coast on granite soils, both amping up the minerality and salty refreshment. The... Read More

Lower ABV “What’s up, d’Oc?” is the kind of thing Randall Grahm might say, an organically grown carrot, dangling from his lower lip, pressed into service in lieu of a Gauloise, as he begins a conversation... Read More

Lower ABV The whale's tail on the label is a nod to Getaria's history - this seaport south of San Sabastian was a center of Spain's whaling trade in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today it's a great place to find... Read More

Lower ABV It's tempting to think of Txakoli as kind of a Basque take on Vinho Verde. But despite often sharing a touch of spritz, Txakoli is uniquely delicious, mineral and compelling. Like here in a blend of 40% Hondarrabi... Read More