A classic rich and buttery (but not too much!) Russian River Chardonnay with enough oak for spice. Big, ripe, aromas and flavors of yellow pear, apple, almond and more coat the palate nicely before cleaning up with a squirt of... Read More
Organic/Bio The most mind-blowing Pinot Gris from the slightly insane grazing-based grape grower Stephen Hagen. As Wine Enthusiast said of the 93 point Perpetua I last year, “It's complex and leesy, with pear and melon... Read More
Rich and creamy Russian River Chardonnay with spiced pear fruit and juicy accents of fresh butter and cream. Hard to resist for fans of more full-bodied Chardonnay!
Jim Clendenen is sadly gone, but his legacy lives on at the winery that more or less put Santa Barbara on the wine map. This is fully ripe at 13.5 alcohol, shaped (but not overwhelmed) by malolactic fermentation and time in French... Read More
Perhaps the benchmark interpretation of Virginia's most important white grape, the 2022 Viognier from Barboursville is ripe and aromatic and finishes dry and fresh. Suckling's 93 point rave for the 2020 still applies:... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV Ridiculously delicious and our only complaint here is that we couldn't get all we wanted. Brilliant ripeness and fruit bound up in almost steely minearlity and finishing long, ripe, mineral and mouthwatering.... Read More
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Ben Casteel's top Estate Chardonnay was a stunner on release in 2020 and is even better with four years in bottle. This is rich and creamy enough for California Chardonnay fans, mineral and vibrant enough... Read More
Gewurztraminer is a tricky grape. Pick it too soon and you won't get the lovely rose petal and lychee flavors we love. Pick it too late and it can get oily, even sweet. In Elkton, Oregon, Brandborg nailed it, bringing in fruit... Read More
From a foggy vineyard near the Pacific (and one that stayed smoke-free in 2020), this is classic California Chardonnay in a fresh, almost mineral, style and just 13.7% alcohol. Bright green and yellow apple and stone fruit aromas... Read More
From a California Sparkling wine specialist, this is elegant, nicely textured, Chardonnay of fine freshness and length. In 2022, it’s all Russian River fruit from a vineyard next door to Kistler and Ritchie Vineyards and... Read More
Seeing this on the shelf, a great Chardonnay customer reminisced that she and her husband first visited Cuvaison in the 1970s. Through the boom in super-butter Chard in the '80s and '90s and the reactionary trend towards... Read More
One of the state's best fully dry Petit Manseng whites, this buffers the grape's intense acidity with aging in French oak (and some barrel fermentation, too). A stunning wine for table.
Not content to make some of the best wines in the Commonwealth, Early Mountain makes some of the best values, too. Like here in this blend of 57% Petit Manseng, 36% Sauvignon Blanc, 6% Chardonnay and 1% Pinot Gris done all in... Read More
Lower ABV Austria's signature white grape Gruner Veltliner doesn't travel well - outside of a few examples from Alto Adige (part of Austria until WWI!), it tends to give wine that's either too lean or too fat. Turns... Read More
Lower ABV From their vines at the west end of the Chehalem Mountains, Elk Cove creates Pinot Gris that reachest towards white Burgundy levels of complexity. There's plenty of ripe pear and stone fruit on the nose and palate,... Read More
Michael and Robert Mondavi, Jr. make California Chardonnay that's both very traditional and a bit more up-to-date. The rich body and ripe stone fruit, sliced pear, lemon curd and green melon flavors are just what you expect... Read More
Calling this the best Sauvignon Blanc ever produced in Virginia is way, way, too modest. This is Sauvingnon that goes toe to toe with the very finest examples from Sancerre, Pessec, or anywhere else you can think of. Stunning... Read More
Lower ABV Winemaker Erin Jordan says this is “akin to the pinot gris imported from Alsace — this is a spiced, textured, and aromatically-driven wine.” The second part I buy, not the first because this is dry... Read More
Hartford Court is easily one of the top “traditional” California Chard houses working today in the <$100 price point and this “village” bottling shows off their skill and ethic to a “T”.... Read More
Lower ABV What a lovely, summery, Sauvignon Blanc! From Napa fruit that’s picked ripe in flavor but modest in alcohol (13.2%), this serves up generous and easygoing aromas of ripe citrus, tangy stone fruit, and a touch of... Read More
A chance to sample the work of one of the world's great Chardonnay estates (getting harder and harder to do without getting on the mailing list or paying restaurant prices). Like all Kistler Chardonnays, this is at once creamy... Read More
There’s nothing subtle here in a robust North Coast Chardonnay that’s redolent of ripe fruit with plenty of buttery richness. From vineyards in Petaluma Gap, Sonoma Carneros and the Russian River Valley and aged in... Read More
Another great release of this, our all-time best-selling premium California Chardonnay. As always, it blends fruit from across the Sonoma Coast AVA including Carneros, the southern Russian River and cooler sites to the west. Serves... Read More
Another great release of this, our all-time best-selling premium California Chardonnay. As always, it blends fruit from across the Sonoma Coast AVA including Carneros, the southern Russian River and cooler sites to the west. Serves... Read More
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