Dosoris Lane Rose

Isn’t rosé wine one of the clearest harbingers of springtime? Sure, rosé is enjoyed year-round now, but as outdoor drinking becomes an actual possibility, the arrival of cool, wet drinks is the true representative of the renewal of life, at least for the wine lover. This blend of Grenache, Cinsault and Syrah hails from the South of France, where outdoor dining and rosé wines are de rigeur, made possible by the bright Mediterranean and its warming winds. You might not be traveling there right now, but a wine like Dosoris Lane can at least put you in mind of calmer times and sunny climes.

Ercole Bianco

The Piedmont Guy, an importer, has one love – Piedmont. This obsession has allowed him to put together a rich group of great Piedmont producers but also to have access to dribs and drabs from those greats that he can craft into his own label – Ercole (Hercules to the rest of us). This Cortese based blend has 15% Chardonnay and 5% Sauvignon Blanc to add to the texture and aromatics and it comes in a liter bottle, so you can enjoy even more of it.

Escorlada

Spanish wine is a bargain, right? It’s been that way for decades, though it’s only been in the last ten or fifteen years that the wider world has dropped some in their gullets and said, wait, this costs how much? Certainly, less than it should. It doesn't take geniuses to notice it, so we’re not making any claims to our own brilliance. In the case of this Garnacha Tintorera, we’re pretty sure we’ve found what may be the best sub $20 wine we have ever tasted. Spain has done it again!

Ferrer Bobet Priorat Vinyes Velles

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Giuliano Rosati Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Okay, we’ll admit it, Italian wine is confusing. Montepulciano is a town but it's also a grape not grown in that town. When that grape is grown in the Abruzzo region, it’s rich, plush, fun and juicy as hell. And it’s also not respected enough by the Italians to charge you a lot of money. I think they’re confused too.

Giuliano Rosati Pinot Grigio

Dan Bada & Charlie Trivinia, whose mothers emigrated to the U.S. together from Le Marches, Italy, and lived in the same house for some time. The two were childhood friends and in adulthood they decided to launch a wine import business. They work with winemakers Giuseppe and Luigi Anselmi in the Veneto to create this wine from the Anselmi’s 600-acre estate near the sea.This is traditional Pinot Grigio: stainless steel, fresh and tangy.

Grand Moulin Blanc

For Chateau Grand Moulin (the big windmill, essentially), it helps that the vineyards are just above the Orbieu River, filled with small stones and gravel on top of layers of silt and clay. Grenache Blanc provides the meat, Rolle provides the charm and Roussanne adds a distinct honeysuckle note to this dry wine.

Grandes Arenes Rouge

Syrah and Grenache is more or less in equal proportions here, and this exhibits what makes Costieres de Nimes an increasingly popular and important sub-region of the Rhone Valley. It benefits from the same Mediterranean sun and breezes, and the same limestone soils, as any other southern Rhone appellation. Maybe best of all, unlike so much Chateauneuf-duPape, this stuff is affordable!

Granicus Red

We like to shop in the Languedoc-Roussillon; it’s a place in Mediterranean France that has been important for more than a century but, despite the noise about inexpensive Bordeaux wines, remains the place to shop for value. When they are growing on chalky-clay terroirs, and when they apply Bordeaux techniques to it (fancy stainless steel, new French oak, minute temperature control and the like), they make a fascinating wine.