Maison Lacheteau Parlez-vous Loire? Chardonnay-Melon

Crisp and clean summer white

The Parlez-vous Cuvée of Chardonnay and Melon de Bourgogne once again tops our list of summer favorites. This is a great example of how opposites do sometimes attract in the wine world — these two grapes fit together like a glove. The mineral-driven Melon is a perfect foil for the ripe roundness of the Chardonnay resulting in a wine that has wonderful balance of richness with zesty acidity.

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Adria Vini 2018 Mirabello Pinot Grigio

Pinot Grigio is the second most popular and consumed white wine in America… right behind Chardonnay. There’s a great reason for that: Pinot Grigio is super versatile. Inexpensive Pinot Grigio can be a great thirst-quencher on a hot summer day at the pool or beach, and an artisanal, estate bottled Pinot Grigio would be right at home in a fancy restaurant or dinner party.

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Mas Cornut “Flamingo” Blanc and Rouge, Costières de Nîmes, France

Two Costières de Nîmes best buys from the Cornut Family. — Wines from the Costières de Nîmes in the south of France remain largely undiscovered and undervalued by the vast majority of wine aficionados. The wine press is guilty as well and you have to dig pretty deep into most magazines and blogs to find…

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2018 Vallevo “Terre di Chieti ” Abruzzo, Italy

Our new favorite best buy Chardonnay — Pure un-oaked Chardonnay goodness! We taste a lot of wine at the shop in order to preview and curate the selections for our customers.  Roughly one out of thirty or forty reaches our quality standard and makes it past us to the shelves. The most challenging of these…

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