Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Lanson's signature non-malolactic house brut: citrus and green apple over white flowers and a touch of honey, the palate crisp and racy with a mineral cut.
Cuvées
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Easygoing
The most widely poured Champagne in the world: a bright, fruit-led brut of green apple and citrus with a brioche edge and an approachable, lively palate.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Easygoing
Mumm's red-sash house brut: citrus and white peach over a touch of caramel, the palate lively and fresh with fine bubbles and a clean finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Easygoing · Festive
A crisp, fruit-forward Pinot-led brut: almond and fresh hazelnut accompany subtle pear and apple over a clean, fresh palate.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Easygoing
The famous yellow-label brut: a soft, youthful, fruity nose of vanilla and red apple with a toasty overtone, the palate fresh, rounded and approachable.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing
A serious old-vine Douro white from field-blend vines, mineral and saline with a nutty cask-aged texture and racy acidity.
Wine & Soul Guru
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing
A serious old-vine Douro white, mineral and saline with a textured cask-aged palate and racy acidity, one of the region's reference whites.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
The line that commemorates Franciacorta's 1961 birth year at Berlucchi. Chardonnay-led Brut with green apple lift, creamy mousse and a fresh almond finish at an accessible price.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
The original Berlucchi traditional-method sparkling, the descendant of Franco Ziliani's 1961 founding cuvée. Now bottled outside DOCG as a VSQ at an everyday price.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Cavalleri's 100 percent Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs Brut from the Erbusco cellar. Clean stainless-steel vinification, 30 months on lees, with green apple lift and a saline finish.
Ferghettina Brut
4.4
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Ferghettina's 100 percent Chardonnay base Brut from Roberto Gatti's Adro cellar. Clean stainless-steel vinification, 30 months on lees, with white peach and almond aromatics.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Tank-method sparkling Pinot Grigio from Puiatti at Romans d'Isonzo. Vittorio Puiatti was a pioneer of serious Pinot Grigio in Friuli; the cellar has bottled sparkling Pinot Grigio since the 1980s.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Antech's zero-dosage 100% Mauzac Blanquette. Showcase for the heritage Limoux variety with no added sugar at disgorgement.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Ackerman's value Cremant de Loire blanc. Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc vinified in stainless steel and aged 12 to 16 months on the lees: yellow peach and white-flower aromas, lively attack, suave mid-palate, slightly tart finish.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Méthode ancestrale Chenin Blanc from all three Huet crus. A gently sparkling, soft-fizz Vouvray with chalky drive and notable cellaring capacity.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pioneer Chardonnay-led Cava with delicate tropical and citrus aromatics, soft creamy mousse and a refreshing lemon-cream finish at an everyday price point.
Brut Reserva
4.3
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Indigenous-trio Brut Reserva with the brand's signature trencadis-mosaic label. Crisp apple, pear and apple-crumble register from 15 months on lees; bright zipping citrus finish.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Indigenous-trio Cava in the iconic black frosted bottle launched in 1974. Bright green apple and pear aromatics with biscuity lees complexity from 12 to 18 months on lees; the global Cava reference at its price point.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Indigenous-trio Brut Reserva from certified-organic grapes, Segura Viudas' first organic Cava launched in 2021. Crisp green apple, lemon zest and almond on a clean refreshing palate.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Indigenous-trio Brut Reserva from Vallformosa's modern range. White apple, lemon and biscuit on a clean, refreshing palate with fine creamy mousse and 15 months on lees.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Indigenous-trio Brut Reserva aged 18 months on lees. Crisp green apple, citrus and biscuit on a refreshing palate with fine creamy mousse.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Ceretto's pioneering Blange is a lightly textured Langhe Arneis with a faint spritz, one of the wines that revived the grape and a modern Piedmont staple.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Herzu is Germano's dry Langhe Riesling from high-elevation Serralunga plots, a mineral, racy white that is a rarity in Barolo country.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
A rare Langhe Riesling and a pioneering Vajra project, Petracine is a dry, mineral, high-acid white from sandstone soils in the high hills of Barolo.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
A reference Roero Arneis from a house that championed the grape, a fresh, dry white expressing Arneis as the Roero's signature variety.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
A straw-yellow, dry, medium-bodied Arneis with fresh floral, citrus and melon aromas, mineral and almond notes, fresh acidity and notable persistence.
Cusumano Angimbe
4.0
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing
Cusumano's Inzolia-Chardonnay blend is an accessible, well-made Sicilian white that combines the native grape's almond-citrus freshness with Chardonnay's stone-fruit roundness.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Grillo grown at altitude in central Sicily develops an unusual aromatic tension; this steel-only white is crisper and more mineral than coastal Grillos with notable herbal lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Mandrarossa's single-vineyard Fiano from the Terre di Giumara estate shows the variety's characteristic nutty-mineral quality from Menfi's calcareous-clay soils close to the Mediterranean coast.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing
Leone d'Almerita is the everyday entry point of the Tasca range: Catarratto and Grillo in a fresh, clean aromatic white for versatile food matching.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Valle dell'Acate's Grillo captures the freshness of the Sicilian coast: citrus blossom, peach and herb aromas with bright acidity and clean mineral finish.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Bosco di Gica (Gica's wood) is a mid-range Brut from Adami, positioned between Dei Casel and the Rive Giardino. The Brut style emphasises the Valdobbiadene zone's fresh, mineral character without the Ex Dry sweetness.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The flagship multi-varietal Valdobbiadene Brut from Bisol. 'Crede' refers to the clay-limestone (crete) soils of the Valdobbiadene hills. Inclusion of indigenous Verdiso, Perera and Bianchetta adds aromatic complexity absent in single-varietal Prosecco.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The Adega de Monção cooperative flagship Muralhas: Alvarinho-Trajadura blend showing the Monção mineral signature at a co-op price point.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Aliança's Casal Mendes brand: high-volume off-dry Vinho Verde from the Caves Aliança umbrella, distinct from the eponymous Aliança Vinho Verde label.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The high-volume Casal Garcia Vinho Verde white: low-alcohol, light spritz, off-dry frame. The most exported Vinho Verde in the world.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Sogrape's high-volume Gazela Vinho Verde: low-alcohol, off-dry, light spritz. The export-market reference Vinho Verde alongside Casal Garcia.
Phaunus Pet Nat
4.6
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Funky
Aphros' ancestral-method Loureiro Pet-Nat under the Phaunus label, Demeter-certified. Cloudy, yeasty, low-intervention; built for thirst not contemplation.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Quinta de Lourosa's Loureiro-Arinto blend from the Sousa sub-region near Lousada: classic crisp Vinho Verde with bay-leaf lift.
Soalheiro Allo
4.5
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The Soalheiro entry blend pairing Melgaço Alvarinho with Loureiro from outside the sub-region. Crisp, fresh, gentle natural spritz; the everyday-summer face of the estate.