Piedmont's 'white Barolo.' A nearly extinct grape, revived by Walter Massa, now made by Vietti, a Barolo legend. Rich, mineral, built to age.

Vietti didn't just make this wine, they saved the grape. Piedmont's classic white: pear, white flowers, almond, crisp and easy.

Von Winning — the Pfalz estate that reinvented dry German Riesling with barrel fermentation. This one's off the vineyard literally named 'paradise garden.'

Von Winning — same estate that redefined dry German Riesling. Kirchenstück is a Grosses Gewächs, their highest single-vineyard tier.

William Downie — Australia's minimal-intervention Pinot pioneer out of Gippsland. Cathedral is proof great Pinot doesn't need a big price tag.

Zind-Humbrecht — Olivier Humbrecht, one of Alsace's most decorated biodynamic producers. Roche Granitique names the granite bedrock doing the work here.