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White Wine
Cantina Sociale di Trento Contessa Giovanni Manci Pinot Grigio 2024, Trentino D.O.C., Italy: Contessa Giovanni Manci's Pinot Grigio from Trentino is a crisp, medium-bodied white wine offering notes of white peach, pear, orange blossom and wet stone. This dry wine displays bright acidity and excellent concentration that make it particularly food-friendly. Serve it well chilled with grilled calamari with lemon as the wine's freshness complements the tender seafood, or pair it with spring vegetable risotto where the wine's acidity balances the creamy rice. Winemaker Alessandro Manci crafts this layered Pinot Grigio from mountain vineyards in Trentino, where Alpine influences and limestone soils create wines with more depth and complexity than typical examples from warmer regions. The estate has been family-owned for generations and maintains traditional winemaking practices while bringing modern precision to their production. This attractive Pinot Grigio represents excellent quality and will drink beautifully through 2027 while its youthful freshness is at its peak. Pinot Grigio food pairings: ceviche, salads, vegetable risotto, pasta Primavera. Drink: 2025 - 2027 46527 13% XD 750 mL $19.95 Score: 90/100. December 2025. Best Value White Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart
Sparkling Wine
Bailly-Lapierre Pinot Noir Brut Crémant de Bourgogne, Burgundy, France: A terrific Blanc de Noirs from Burgundy, made using the classical Champagne method and from red grapes (Pinot Noir) to produce this white sparkling wine Lots of racy acidity and aromas of Asian pear and golden apple. Pinot Noir Brut Crémant De Bourgogne food pairings: seafood, salad, gorgonzola brie. Drink: 2025 - 2027 420984 12% XD 750 mL $25.95 Score: 90/100. December 2025. Top Rated Sparkling Wine Full Review Add to Shopping Cart