Products tagged with white

Xarel-lo Vermell is a pink-skinned mutation of Xarel-lo akin to Pinot Gris, for instance. This wine spends about 5 days on the skins, imparting some orange wine aromas while retaining a light palate. A touch of wild, cider-y fruit, with generous mineralit

Péter Benedek is a third generation winemaker, who works his 50 year old vines on volcanic soils. Hárslevelü is an indigenous, Hungarian white that is zesty and fresh with subtle notes of honeyed pear and apricot meeting tangerine with a beautiful, herbal

“The other white Burgundy grape”, so to speak, is Aligoté. Brighter and lighter than Chardonnay, it’s a slightly friendlier alternative. Edouard Lepesme has been making wine in the humble region of Côtes D’Auxerre, just outside of Chablis, since 2014. The

Intense wildflowers, notes of freshly cut straw, and crunchy macadamia nuts, all supported by singing minerality. The l'Étoile AOC is something of an outlier in the Jura; it’s comprised of only 75 hectares and rarely sees export outside of France. Domaine

Assyrtiko is perhaps best known from the island of Santorini, but it is also divine in the southern mainland of Greece. Fine, bright citrus notes of the nose lead to a bone-dry, supercharged mineral wine with great acidity. Perfect with so many seafood di

Lenkey’s first fully independent vintage as a winemaker was ‘08, but it was a difficult one. He managed to pull together enough healthy grapes to craft just 3,000 bottles of this inimitable wine. Full-on lavender and apricot skin on the nose, with muddled

Pierluigi Lugano’s excursion out of his natural winemaking home of Liguria… here he teams up with a colleague from the Veneto to make this exquisite Prosecco. Frizzante, so just delicately sparkling, with a silky texture and elegant flavors of silky white

There’s a beautiful depth and richness here often found in the best sparkling wines from Penedès. And that’s because Joan was the winemaker at Recaredo for 15 years, where he introduced them to biodynamic farming. He’s a true pioneer in the region, and we

Labelled as “Pouilly-sur-Loire” because it isn’t made of Sauvignon Blanc. The Chasselas gives the wine a bit of roundness and notes of melon and green herbs, but the “Loire-ness” is unmistakable. Great, crisp mineral abounds – a unique wine & somewhat opu

Ancient Italian white varietals abound, and one such is Arneis, a refreshing, pear-scented grape from Piedmont. Fresh acidity and subtle fragrance make this a great pairing with light aperitifs or shellfish. The Malvirà estate was established in 1950, bef

Ripe quince and yellow apple, elegant precision, and zesty acidity. Winemaker Claude Straub crafts this wine from a tiny 1-hectare plot of 45-year-old vines. Christian Binner, the architect of Les Vins Pirouettes, oversees Claude’s hands-off work.

Karl and Helga Maglock worked this vineyard for over 40 years and poured the resultant wine at their inn. When they retired, they asked Martin Arndorfer to continue to make the wine and, as a big fan, he was more than willing. Chiseled mineral, florals, a