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Kiona Estate Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
The oldest winery on Red Mountain, and the Cab that proves eastern Washington has been quietly outworking Napa for thirty years.
Hedges Family Estate Red Mountain CMS 2021
Biodynamic Bordeaux blend from a château on a dusty hillside in the middle of the Washington desert. Twenty dollars.
Barnard Griffin Rosé of Sangiovese 2024
The $13 Washington rosé that keeps winning double gold at competitions nobody expected it to enter. And nobody can explain it.
Château Phélan Ségur Saint-Estèphe 2020
The Left Bank Bordeaux that drinks like a classified growth and costs like it doesn't. For now.
Vietti Barolo Castiglione 2020
The entry-level Barolo from one of Piedmont's greatest estates. It will not be entry-level pricing much longer.
Bodegas Muga Reserva 2020
The $25 Rioja that tastes like it spent three years thinking about what it wanted to be. And figured it out.
Domaine Henri Bourgeois Sancerre 'Les Baronnes' 2023
The Sauvignon Blanc that makes Napa Chardonnay feel like a lot of noise.
Quinta do Crasto Late Bottled Vintage Port 2019
The after-dinner bottle your cellar is missing. Every cellar needs at least one.
Elvio Cogno Barolo Ravera 2020
The Barolo that punches at the level of estates charging twice as much. And almost nobody outside Piedmont knows it yet.
Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo 2021
The $20 entry point to the greatest grape in Italy.
Trimbach Riesling Réserve 2021
The Riesling that converts skeptics at the dinner table.
Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz 2022
Barossa Shiraz that punches so far above its price it should be illegal.
Marqués de Murrieta Reserva 2019
Modern Rioja with old-school soul. The kind of bottle that makes you rethink everything you thought about Spain.
Domaine de la Côte Bloom's Field Pinot Noir 2021
The California Pinot that drinks like a great Burgundy and does not apologize for it.
Whispering Angel Rosé 2024
The rosé that built an empire. Still earns its spot on every patio table.
Meiomi Pinot Noir 2022
The Pinot Noir that sommeliers love to hate and everyone else loves to drink.
Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
The Napa trophy. The bottle people put in the cellar and talk about at dinner parties.
Catena Zapata Malbec Argentino 2021
High-altitude Malbec from the family that proved Argentina could play at the top.
Antinori Tignanello 2021
The wine that broke the rules and built a category. The original Super Tuscan.
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut NV
The yellow label everyone recognizes. The Champagne that proves consistency is its own kind of greatness.
Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc 2024
The best-selling Sauvignon Blanc in America. The reason is in the glass.
Duckhorn Decoy Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
The Duckhorn gateway. Real quality at a weeknight price.
JUSTIN Isosceles 2021
Paso's Bordeaux blend. The wine that proved the Central Coast could go long.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling 2023
The ten-dollar Riesling that has no business being this good.
E. Guigal Côtes du Rhône Rouge 2022
The gateway drug to Northern Rhône Syrah, and it costs less than lunch.
Bodegas Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha 2022
Old-vine Garnacha from volcanic soil for the price of a movie ticket.
Mt. Difficulty Roaring Meg Pinot Noir 2023
Central Otago Pinot that drinks like a $40 bottle and argues with Burgundy.
Erath Oregon Pinot Noir 2022
The founding estate of Oregon Pinot, and it still costs less than a decent burger.
Do Ferreiro Albariño 2023
The benchmark Albariño. Saline, mineral, and the reason you rethink Spanish whites.
Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2022
The undisputed king of Châteauneuf, and the 2022 might be the best in a decade.
Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir 2021
Where Burgundy meets Oregon. Literally. Four generations of Drouhin winemaking in Dundee Hills soil.
Ramey Cellars Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2022
The Chardonnay for people who say they do not like California Chardonnay.
Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2019
Dried grape drama. One of Italy's most powerful wines, made with more finesse than you expect.
Tinto Pesquera Crianza 2021
The Pétrus of Spain — Parker's words, not mine — and it is $35.
Pierre Gimonnet et Fils Blanc de Blancs Cuis 1er Cru Brut NV
The grower Champagne that embarrasses most grande marque NV bottlings at half the price.
Château Lynch-Bages 2020
The poor man's Mouton that scored 99 points and was #3 on Wine Spectator's Top 100.
E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde 2020
The next step up the Guigal ladder. And the bridge to understanding why Northern Rhône Syrah is different from everything else.
Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz 2018
Australia's answer to DRC. Single-vineyard pre-phylloxera Shiraz from vines planted in the 1860s.
Joseph Phelps Insignia 2021
America's first proprietary Bordeaux blend, fifty vintages deep, and the 2021 may be one of the best.
DAOU Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
The Paso Cab that keeps showing up in every serious cellar I walk into.
López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Reserva 2012
The bottle that made me stop underestimating Rioja.
Domaine Weinbach Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg 2022
The white wine that changed my mind about white wine.
Château Musar 2017
The wildest bottle under $40 that nobody in your circle has tried.
Billecart-Salmon Brut Réserve NV
The Champagne sommeliers open for themselves when nobody is watching.
Ridge Monte Bello 2019
The California Cabernet that competes with first-growth Bordeaux and does not care if you believe it.
Clos Mogador 2020
Schist and Garnacha and a winemaker who treats the vineyard like a church.
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2023
The gateway drug. The bottle that turned an entire generation into wine drinkers.
E. Guigal Côtes du Rhône Rouge 2021
Twelve dollars. Southern France. No excuses.
Felton Road Pinot Noir Bannockburn 2022
The southern hemisphere answer to Burgundy. Closer than you think.
Biondi-Santi Rosso di Montalcino 2020
The little sibling of the most legendary Brunello on earth. Half the price, most of the magic.
Krug Grande Cuvée 171ème Édition
The greatest non-vintage Champagne on earth. Not an opinion. A fact the industry agreed on decades ago.
Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2021
They call it Baby Grange for a reason. The most reliable Australian red under $50.
Domaine Tempier Bandol Rosé 2023
The rosé that made me stop making fun of rosé.
Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett 2022
The most pure expression of Riesling on the planet. Featherweight. Devastating.
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