Best Medium White Wine 2016

Medium white wines offer a notable flavour and great adaptability for cheesy risotto, pizza Bianca, or rosso pasta sauce.

Medium white wines offer a notable flavour and great adaptability for cheesy risotto, pizza Bianca, or rosso pasta sauce.

_151106_VanMag_Wine_080CATEGORY WINNER: The Bernard Series Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2013South Africa$22.99  +897710This ravishing wine from the staggeringly beautiful Cape Winelands shows chenin blanc in a new light. Native to the Loire Valley, chenin travelled to South Africa long ago, becoming the country’s most-planted grape. Grown in high-altitude granitic vineyards, old vines lend depth and expression to this Meursault-like thoroughbred. Perfumed with white flowers, honey, and spice.151106_VanMag_Wine_069Laurenz V Singing Grüner Veltliner 2013Austria$19.99 +458034If you’ve never tried Austria’s flagship grape, grüner veltliner, buy this151106_VanMag_Wine_070SpierHead Chardonnay 2014Canada$24.90 +834382Gorgeous steely chardonnay from a Kelowna winery to watch151106_VanMag_Wine_085C.C. Jentsch The Quest 2014Canada$17.90 +517854Stately white blend from star Golden Mile winery151106_VanMag_Wine_089Jackson-Triggs Grand Reserve Riesling 2012Canada$17.39 +182220Try this rich and weighty riesling with pâté or pork belly151106_VanMag_Wine_094Clos du Soleil Capella 2014Canada$27.90 +891275Elegant mélange of sauvignon blanc and semillon styled like Bordeaux blanc151106_VanMag_Wine_096Argiolas Vermentino di Sardegna Costamolino 2014Italy$17.99+457945Dry white from Sardinia’s star grape, vermentinomergedWakefieldWakefield Riesling 2015Australia$17.49 +926246Glorious bone-dry riesling struts lime and grapefruit succulence<< BACK TO CATEGORIES