2019 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore “Capovolto”La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche
$27
Producers
Champalou
France | Loire | Vouvray
From clay and limestone vineyards, they are able to obtain remarkable complexity in their Brut, while the texture shows both a creamy richness and an austere minerality.
Edi Kante
Italy | Friuli | Venezia Giulia
A blend of multiple grapes and multiple vintages crafted in a fresh, easy-drinking style.
I love this apron because it's burly and provides a lot of coverage. The pockets are handy, too.
Riofavara
Italy | Sicily | Eloro
A citrusy and floral sparkler with a stony, bone-dry finish. Mamma mia!
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Crémant d’Alsace
This rich, gastronomic crémant with fine and elegant bubbles will have even the Champagne purist singing its praises.
Patrick Bottex
France | Savoie and Bugey | Bugey
This wine is as festive as they come! Pink, bubbly, and softly sweet.
Domaine du Salvard
France | Loire | Cheverny
Sauvignon and a splash of Chardonnay: the epitome of minerally Loire refreshment
Champalou France | Loire | Vouvray
Champalou
France | Loire | Vouvray
Gentle and refreshing on the palate, it boasts a delightful balance of stony minerality with luscious, almost honeyed fruit and flowery notes.
Famille Brunier
France | Southern Rhône | Vin de Pays de Vaucluse
The life of the party at any cookout, picnic, or potluck.
Vigne Rada
Italy | Sardinia | Vermentino di Sardegna
A luscious texture, heady aromatics, and salty finish from a vineyard strewn with chunks of quartz.
Famille Brunier
France | Southern Rhône | Ventoux
Fragrant aromas of lavender and garrigue, notes of perfectly ripe black cherries, hints of black olive and stones.
Davide Vignato Italy | Veneto
I Pàstini
Italy | Puglia | Valle d’Itria IGP
Minutolo preserves lip-smacking acidity and low alcohol despite the baking-hot Puglian summers, flaunting a gorgeous perfume of blossoming flowers, lemon verbena, and wild sage.
Château Feuillet
Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
True to the region, it has a slightly sweet and creamy edge and exuberant, piquant fruit, both peppery and floral throughout.
Château de Trinquevedel
France | Southern Rhône | Tavel
Suitable for dishes from briny black tapenade all the way through meatier courses like crispy whole fish or garlicky spring lamb.
Château d’Épiré France | Loire | Savennières
Domaine Roger Neveu
France | Loire | Sancerre
Textbook Sancerre: bright and citrusy, with a clean, stony finish.
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie
France | Loire | Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Cabernet Franc on sandy, gravelly soils—juicy, crunchy, and highly chillable.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Riviera Ligure di Ponente
All the care, attentiveness, and backbreaking labor required to farm this site result in one of the most joyful and lighthearted reds you will encounter.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Riviera Ligure di Ponente
A delightfully crisp seaside quaffer that transports us to the Mediterranean coast with bright, lemony freshness and sea-breeze salinity.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
Meyer’s Riesling Réserve is a mélange of different terroirs around his domaine in Katzenthal, and is a precise, dry, minerally Riesling loaded with character.
Régis Minet
France | Loire | Pouilly Fumé
This polished white will shine with fresh ceviche.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
Félix Meyer’s old-vine Pinot Blanc from the slopes of Katzenthal, in Alsace, has long overdelivered in the role of the proverbial “crisp white” for which we long.
Fattoria Moretto Italy | Emilia-Romagna | Pignoletto dell’Emilia
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Riviera Ligure di Ponente
There are few places more beautiful on earth, and this shines through in the glass.
Château Fontanès
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint-Loup
Maybe it’s the biodynamic farming, but these wines always seem to have an extra gear when it comes to aromatics and sheer deliciousness.
Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint Loup
This bottling represents one of the best values, pound for pound, in our entire book.
Château La Roque
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint Loup
There is something timeless to La Roque’s Pic Saint Loup, its herbal bouquet and rich, fleshy texture, all free from any hint of modern trappings.
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Colline Savonesi
This gently sparkling dry rosé is the stuff aperitivo dreams are made of.
Mas Champart France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays d'Oc
Château Fontanès
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays d’Oc
Melony, snappy, bright, and clean, this is a delightful everyday white with a refreshingly different flavor profile.
Henri Perrusset France | Burgundy | Mâcon-Villages
Henri Perrusset
France | Burgundy | Mâcon Farges
A refreshing white for salt, pepper, and vinegar marinated shrimp.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
Serve it to friends as an apéritif and listen for wows, because this wine’s perfume provokes wows.
Éric Chevalier
France | Loire | Muscadet Côtes de Grand Lieu
Crisp and mineral-driven, this slightly saline Muscadet will quench any parched palate.
Domaine Michel Brégeon France | Loire | Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Domaine Diochon France | Beaujolais | Moulin-à-Vent
Punta Crena
Italy | Liguria | Colline Savonesi
Pair this coastal fizzy white with spicy shrimp.
Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc
One of southern France’s truly amazing values in white wine.
Château La Roque
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | A.O.C. Languedoc
You’ll find perfect balance in this stony, fennel-scented white.
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc
A blend of Grenache Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Clairette, and Vermentino planted in the lieu-dit of Aupilhac, the little corner of the Larzac behind Sylvain’s winery.
Silvio Giamello
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe
Giamello’s 2020 Langhe Nebbiolo is fresh and vibrant, evoking cherries, roses, and a touch of tar.
Piero Benevelli
Italy | Piedmont | Langhe Nebbiolo
Extremely pure, with smooth tannins, freshness, and a touch of austerity that hints of its serious terroir.
Fattoria Moretto
Italy | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna
Dry red Italian sparkling wine with dinner? You’ll love it.
Colleleva
Italy | Le Marche | Lacrima di Morro d’Alba
A highly aromatic rosso that is all about pleasure, especially in the hands of Colleleva’s Stefano Antonucci
Domaine Chignard
France | Beaujolais | Juliénas
Gamay planted in 1946
Pascal Janvier
France | Loire | Coteaux du Loir
This Chenin Blanc has a tart sweetness, or perhaps a sweet tartness—with neither overbearing—that epitomizes good balance and will have you greedily reaching for your glass.
Pascal Janvier
France | Loire | Jasnières
Racy, slightly honeyed, exotically perfumed, and loaded with minerality, this wine is an excellent representation of how Chenin reacts to the local conditions.
Château Graville-Lacoste
France | Bordeaux | Graves
June ’20 Adventures Club Selection
Domaine Chignard
France | Beaujolais | Fleurie
This Fleurie beautifully combines high-toned finesse with a potent depth. Can a wine be delicately intense?
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto d’Alba
Prime placement in a great vineyard site provides exquisite balance, gentle tannin, and notes of brambly fruit.
Il Palazzotto
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba
Real refreshment, plus a serious side and good concentration from old vines in chalky marl soils.
Clos Sainte Magdeleine France | Provence | Côtes de Provence
Nicole Chanrion France | Beaujolais | Côte-de-Brouilly
Pascal Janvier
France | Loire | Coteaux du Loir
Exotically perfumed with hints of guava, musk, and clove, it finishes dry and quite flinty.
Lionel Faury
France | Northern Rhône | Collines Rhodaniennes
The perfect lively, uncomplicated Syrah you’ll want to have over and over again
Punta Crena Italy | Liguria | Colline Savonesi
Gregoletto
Italy | Veneto | Colli Trevigiani
Crisp, clean, and aromatic, this is a delightfully refreshing white.
Bernard Baudry
France | Loire | Chinon
Put a slight chill on it, pop the cork, and inhale its lively perfume: the floral fragrance and bright, juicy fruit—picture fresh-squeezed berries—are simply irresistible.
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
One of the first rosés Kermit imported, this wine has been consistently delicious for four decades.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie Chignin
With notes of mixed black and red fruit and a spine of minerality, Quenard’s Gamay is crunchier, more aromatic, and more succulent than most bottles you’d find in Beaujolais.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie Chignin
Few things are more satisfying as an apéritif than a chilled glass of this Alpine elixir made from 70-year-old vines.
André & Michel Quenard
France | Savoie and Bugey | Savoie
This Jacquère grown on Savoie’s limestone mountainsides may be the crispest beverage to ever grace your palate.
Éric Chevalier
France | Loire | Vin de Pays du Val de Loire
Some wines deliver well beyond expectations—this is one of them.
Château Thivin
France | Beaujolais | Brouilly
Precision, soaring floral aromatics, finely etched tannins, a ripe core of dense fruit, and a granitic crunch on the back end.
Catherine & Pierre Breton
France | Loire | Bourgeuil
Peppery and bright, earthy and juicy all at once.
Corte Gardoni
Italy | Veneto | Bianco di Custoza
A masterful blend of Garganega, Trebbiano, Trebbianello, and Riesling, this perfumed charmer punches far above its weight.
Domaine de Durban France | Southern Rhône | Beaumes-de-Venise
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Barbera d’Alba
These Barbera vines sit in a privileged Barolo site, so there is no shortage of pedigree.
Portelli
Italy | Sicily | Vittoria Frappato
The wine builds to a crescendo and leaves the palate stained and saturated with staying power. This is much more than quaffing Frappato. Irresistible.
Portelli
Italy | Sicily | Vittoria Calabrese
Not an inky, alcoholic bruiser, but rather a thing of ravishing delicacy, defined by mouthwatering black cherry fruit and lively acidity
Baldin
Italy | Piedmont
Exploring the potential of Alto Piemonte, Nebbiolo’s other terroir.
Baldin
Italy | Piedmont
Exploring the potential of Alto Piemonte, Nebbiolo’s other terroir.
Pascal Janvier
France | Loire
This bottling bears trademark notes of green apple, citrus, and flint.
Nicole Chanrion
France | Beaujolais
Notes of stones, pear, and citrus... Enjoy as a refreshing, mineral apéritif or alongside your favorite fresh seafood.
La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche | Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
This generous, but chiseled Verdicchio will be one of your favorite white-wine discoveries of the year.
Éric Chevalier France | Loire | Vin de Pays du Val de Loire
Villa Di Geggiano
Italy | Tuscany | Toscana IGT
Is it possible for a country quaffer to originate under a grand Renaissance villa? This Tuscan red certainly offers evidence in favor of that paradox.
Château Roûmieu-Lacoste
France | Bordeaux | Sauternes
It is a habit-forming apéritif with or without foie gras.
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace
Bone-dry on the palate, it features intense, clean aromas with excellent minerality.
Gregoletto
Italy | Veneto | Prosecco Treviso
This brisk, fizzy, stony nectar has an undeniable gift for bestowing unparalleled palate stimulation and mental reinvigoration.
Ermitage du Pic Saint Loup
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Pic Saint Loup
Shows a kinship with the northern Rhône, echoing aromas of black olive and violets.
Château La Roque
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc Pic Saint Loup
This chewy red offers aromas of ripe black cherry and wild brush that beg for something hearty, grilled, and smothered with garlic and herbs.
Mas Champart France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Vin de Pays d'Oc
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Our best value in Patrimonio offers notes of game and herbs over chewy tannins.
Domaine de Durban
France | Southern Rhône | Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise
This lovely Muscat is full of fresh honeysuckle and ripe citrus fruit. Have an ice cream maker? This wine makes the best sorbet you’ll ever taste!
Domaine Michel Brégeon France | Loire | Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
Often featuring grand cru fruit, this bottling is arguably the ideal entry point to Boxler’s range of magnificent white wines.
Corte Gardoni
Italy | Veneto | Corvina Veronese IGT
Light color. Bright fruit. Dazzling flavors. It is cool to drink some reds cool.
Domaine de Fontsainte
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Corbières
This grippy rouge comes from Domaine de Fontsainte’s most famous parcel called “La Demoiselle,” planted in 1904.
Domaine La Tour Vieille
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Collioure
If you can’t make it to the south of France this year, here’s a way to bring the Mediterranean sun to you.
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
Showing off Cabernet in its most delicate, charming form, rife with aromas of roses, damp earth, and little red berries.
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
The combination of tart red fruit, herbaceousness, and graphite earthiness.
Bernard Baudry
France | Loire | Chinon
This cuvée comes from their highest vineyard, which rests on a plateau of gravel, sand, and limestone, and it is arguably their best entry point into the charm of Loire Valley Cabernet Franc, lithe and less dense than the bottlings from their clay-and-limestone terroirs.
Domaine Savary
France | Burgundy | Chablis
Sleek, crisp, light, and luminous, with a steely, saline finish.
Domaine Régis Bouvier
France | Burgundy | Bourgogne
Classic Burgundian Pinot Noir aromas and flavors, and a deeply fruited and solid core.
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie France | Loire | Bourgueil
Jean Foillard
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-Villages
Silky and seductive, with notes of rose petals, red berries, and stones.
Corte Gardoni
Italy | Veneto | Bardolino
Lovely right now, but a candidate for cellaring as well. It is cool to drink some reds cool.
A. & G. Fantino
Italy | Piedmont | Barbera d’Alba
While full-bodied, its gentle tannins barely make an impact as it glides effortlessly over the palate.
Les Vignes Oubliées France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Terrasses du Larzac
Mas Champart
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Saint-Chinian
A Syrah-based blend from rocky limestone vineyards—tremendous value!
A. & G. Fantino
Italy | Piedmont
Perfumed Nebbiolo fruit and tender tannins encourage pulling the cork just for the sake of quenching one’s thirst.
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Our best value in Patrimonio offers notes of game and herbs over chewy tannins.
Domaine d’Aupilhac
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Languedoc Montpeyroux
Proof that a great site and honest farming are key to genuine, long-lived wines.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
Often featuring grand cru fruit, this bottling is arguably the ideal entry point to Boxler’s range of magnificent white wines.
Domaine Gallety France | Southern Rhône | Côtes du Vivarais
Domaine Maestracci
France | Corsica | Calvi
Fresh, salty, and citrusy all at once—an instant crowd pleaser, and one of Corsica’s top value whites.
Jean Foillard
France | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-Villages
Silky and seductive, with notes of rose petals, red berries, and stones.
Piero Benevelli
Italy | Piedmont | Barbera d’Alba
This Barbera tastes as good as it looks, too, with a mouthful of dark, balsamic-drizzled, berry fruit.
Mas Champart
France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Saint-Chinian
A Syrah-based blend from rocky limestone vineyards—tremendous value!
Domaine Giacometti
France | Corsica | Patrimonio
Our best value in Patrimonio offers notes of game and herbs over chewy tannins.
Guido Porro Italy | Piedmont | Langhe
Guido Porro
Italy | Piedmont | Dolcetto d’Alba
Uncomplicated and easy to down, it smells of violets and wild blackberries, and feels soft, plump, and round on the palate.
Portelli
Italy | Sicily
Enough vibrance and freshness to drink well on its own, but just enough tannin and acid to be versatile at table.
Cantine Valpane
Italy | Piedmont | Barbera del Monferrato
While it can age for a few more years, its rich, juicy fruit and plump texture make it hard to resist today.
Domaine Maestracci
France | Corsica | Calvi
March ’21 Adventures Club Selection
Charles Joguet
France | Loire | Chinon
Showing off Cabernet in its most delicate, charming form, rife with aromas of roses, damp earth, and little red berries.
Château de Bellevue
France | Bordeaux | Bordeaux Blanc
Minerals, honey, flowers, and a peppery, spicy element make this rare white a truly singular wine.
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