Oregon's answer to Calvados
Filliatreau's Vieilles Vignes is the cuvée that defined modern Saumur-Champigny — the estate's founder
'Imaginador' is his entry into the range and the wine that first showed him Itata's potential
The extra brut dosage—just a whisper of added sugar—allows the natural character of the fruit and the mineral backbone of Champagne's chalky soils to shine through unmasked
and 2010 is one of the great classic Barolo vintages
Via Alpina, Sauvignon Blanc, 2025 so011726 wines to drink in 2026 asimov offer Oregon's answer to CalvadosFriuli is one of the world's great homes for Sauvignon Blanc, and Via Alpina is the affordable way in. It's a side project from Giampaolo Venica, of the celebrated Venica & Venica estate, who sources fruit from cool, high altitude sites in the Colli Orientali hills. Those marl and sandstone "ponca" soils and the alpine breezes that sweep down toward the Adriatic give a Sauvignon that's ripe and aromatic but never blowsy, with real freshness and