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here you will find a variety of alternative whites, from Pinot Grigio to Riesling. These varietals are just as interesting as the more popular Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc but just not as well known.

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2022 Aperture Chenin Blanc North Coast - click image for full description
2022 Aperture Chenin Blanc North Coast

What began as a small-batch wine crafted for the perfect pairing with fresh seafood at one of winemaker Jesse Katz’s favo...

  • List Price: $27.00

Quantity in Stock: 5

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2019 Can Sumoi Perfum Penedes - click image for full description
2019 Can Sumoi Perfum Penedes

A blend of Xarel lo, Macabeo and Muscatel with a musky onion skin quality to the sea shell mineral notes and white grapefruit a...

  • List Price: $19.50

Quantity in Stock: 5

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2022 Mormoraia Suavis Vernaccia Di San Gimignano - click image for full description
2022 Mormoraia Suavis Vernaccia Di San Gimignano

Fresh and clean aromas of lime and lemon citrus with notes of wet stone minerality. Light and refreshing on the palate with an ...

  • List Price: $19.75

Quantity in Stock: 6

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2022 Carl Graff Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spatlese Mosel Germany - click image for full description
2022 Carl Graff Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spatlese Mosel Germany

The Vineyard Graacher Himmelreich consist of stony slate soil, sitting on a very steep sloped vineyards with a southern exposur...

  • List Price: $19.75

Quantity in Stock: 13

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2018 FX Pichler Gruner Veltliner Ried Loibenberg Smaragd - click image for full description
2018 FX Pichler Gruner Veltliner Ried Loibenberg Smaragd

(93 points) Difficult to pick in time, the 2018 Ried Loibenberg Grüner Veltliner Smaragd offers a clear, fresh and flinty,...

  • List Price: $66.00

Quantity in Stock: 3

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2021 Chateau Musar 'Musar Jeune' Blanc, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon - click image for full description
2021 Chateau Musar 'Musar Jeune' Blanc, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

Winemaker notes: Musar Jeune White is an unoaked blend of Viognier, Vermentino, Chardonnay from youthful Bekaa Valley vines. Cr...

  • List Price: $32.00

Quantity in Stock: 8

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2024 Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc viognier North Coast - click image for full description
2024 Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc viognier North Coast

Winery Notes Blending Chenin Blanc with Viognier—it was just an experiment. Until we tasted it and realized we ...

  • List Price: $13.75

Quantity in Stock: 14

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2019 Marques De Riscal Rueda Blanco - click image for full description
2019 Marques De Riscal Rueda Blanco

Bright, straw-yellow color. As you expect from the Verdejo variety, the wine shows high aromatic in...

  • List Price: $9.75

Quantity in Stock: 1

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2018 Vides Y Vinos Ossian Verdejo Castilla Y Leon - click image for full description
2018 Vides Y Vinos Ossian Verdejo Castilla Y Leon

100% Verdejo (91 Points) - Wine Spectator (August 31st 2018) "Rich and polished, this white offers pear, baked apple, tarr...

  • List Price: $49.50

Quantity in Stock: 2

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2018 Vides Y Vinos Ossian Verdejo Quintaluna Castilla y Leon - click image for full description
2018 Vides Y Vinos Ossian Verdejo Quintaluna Castilla y Leon

100% Verdejo Quintaluna is a young wine that is made exclusively from Verdejo of the province of Segovia. 60% is very...

  • List Price: $33.00

Quantity in Stock: 3

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2018 Vina Mein Blanco Avia Valley Ribeiro - click image for full description
2018 Vina Mein Blanco Avia Valley Ribeiro

(93 Points) End of May 2020, The Wine Advocate There is only one white from 2018, which is not exactly the ...

  • List Price: $37.50

Quantity in Stock: 9

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2020 Tyrrell's Rufus Stone Cabernet Sauvignon Margaret River Australia - click image for full description
2020 Tyrrell's Rufus Stone Cabernet Sauvignon Margaret River Australia

(92 points) "From a historic producer based in the Hunter Valley, on the other side of Australia, this expresses its origi...

  • List Price: $26.00

Quantity in Stock: 3

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2019 Maison Clusel-Roche
2019 Maison Clusel-Roche "Verchery" Condrieu

AOC: Condrieu Terroir: adjoining localities "Vernon", "Chery", both located on the hillside of Ch...

  • List Price: $94.75

Quantity in Stock: 10

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2019 Hetszolo Furmint Hungary - click image for full description
2019 Hetszolo Furmint Hungary

(90 points) "This straw colored Hungarian dry Tokaj is straw colored with aromas of lemon blossom and white peach. In the ...

  • List Price: $18.75

Quantity in Stock: 2

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2018 Dunham Riesling Lewis Vineyard Columbia Valley - click image for full description
2018 Dunham Riesling Lewis Vineyard Columbia Valley

The 2018 Lewis Riesling opens with bright aromatics of stone fruits and lychee, with an enticing floral character in

  • List Price: $18.75

Quantity in Stock: 4

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2023 Gundlach Bundschu Gewurztraminer Sonoma Coast - click image for full description
2023 Gundlach Bundschu Gewurztraminer Sonoma Coast

Winery Notes: No, it's NOT sweet! Fermented with ZERO residual sugar, this outrageously aromatic (lychee, roses, hon...

  • List Price: $29.00

Quantity in Stock: 4

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2019 Weingut Franz Hirtzberger Steinterrassen Riesling Federspiel - click image for full description
2019 Weingut Franz Hirtzberger Steinterrassen Riesling Federspiel

(95 Points)A masterpiece in this medium-bodied category, thanks to its incredibly expressive, peachy bouquet and its super brig...

  • List Price: $39.00

Quantity in Stock: 17

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2019 Weingut Franz Hirtzberger Rotes Tor Gruner Veltliner Federspiel - click image for full description
2019 Weingut Franz Hirtzberger Rotes Tor Gruner Veltliner Federspiel

(92 points) "So fresh and expressive with positively green-fruit character. Medium-bodied but still sleek with nice citrus...

  • List Price: $39.00

Quantity in Stock: 13

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2021 Hendry 'Hendry Vineyard' Albarino, Napa Valley, USA - click image for full description
2021 Hendry 'Hendry Vineyard' Albarino, Napa Valley, USA

Winery Notes Color: pale straw-yellow. Peachy, citrus and floral aromas. Flavors include tart green apple and nectarine, with m...

  • List Price: $27.00

Quantity in Stock: 4

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2023 Pazo Senorans Albarino Rias Baixas - click image for full description
2023 Pazo Senorans Albarino Rias Baixas

(89 Points) Sleek and racy, with lime zest, elderflower and fresh tarragon accents to the flavors of tangerine and melon fruit,...

  • List Price: $31.50

Quantity in Stock: 10

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2017 Shadowbox Cellars Semillon Napa - click image for full description
2017 Shadowbox Cellars Semillon Napa

The newest thing from this small boutique producer from Napa is this 2017 Semillon.  The most important thing about making...

  • List Price: $51.00

Quantity in Stock: 14

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2019 Bledsoe Family Winery JOI White Wine - click image for full description
2019 Bledsoe Family Winery JOI White Wine

Pineapple, guava, honeydew, and more tropical notes will brighten any day aromatically. ...

  • List Price: $38.00

  • Sale Price: $19.00

Quantity in Stock: 18

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2019 ST SUPERY VINEYARDS PROPRIETARY WHITE VIRTU NAPA - click image for full description
2019 ST SUPERY VINEYARDS PROPRIETARY WHITE VIRTU NAPA

2019 ST SUPERY VINEYARDS PROPRIETARY WHITE VIRTU NAPA ...

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2018 Weingut Kurt Darting Durkheimer Fronhof Riesling Kabinett Trocken 1 Liter - click image for full description
2018 Weingut Kurt Darting Durkheimer Fronhof Riesling Kabinett Trocken 1 Liter

100% Stainless steel ripe apricots, pineapple and spicy hay flowers. In the mouth with residual sweetness in the dry area, very...

  • List Price: $18.00

Quantity in Stock: 16

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2018 Muller Catoir MC Riesling Trocken Pfalz - click image for full description
2018 Muller Catoir MC Riesling Trocken Pfalz

The MC Riesling is an elegant introduction to the Riesling league, with fresh unmistakable aromas of apple and citrusfruits and...

  • List Price: $24.00

Quantity in Stock: 6

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2024 Domaine Raymond Usseglio Chateauneuf-Du-Pape Blanc - click image for full description
2024 Domaine Raymond Usseglio Chateauneuf-Du-Pape Blanc

(92 Points)    ---     (Vinous) "The pale lemon-colored 2024 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc...

  • List Price: $78.00

Quantity in Stock: 11

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2020 FX Pichler Gruner Veltliner Ried Liebenberg Wachau Austria - click image for full description
2020 FX Pichler Gruner Veltliner Ried Liebenberg Wachau Austria

"From the very stony, southwest-facing, terraced cru, the 2020 Ried Liebenberg Grüner Veltliner opens with a pure, fl...

  • List Price: $84.00

Quantity in Stock: 21

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2021 The Eyrie Vineyards Chasselas Dore, Dundee Hills, USA - click image for full description
2021 The Eyrie Vineyards Chasselas Dore, Dundee Hills, USA

Chasselas Doré is an old grape variety born in the Jura and Alps mountain ranges of Switzerland. Fresh, tropical and sav...

  • List Price: $37.50

Quantity in Stock: 6

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2021 Von Winning Deidesheimer Kalkofken Riesling Grosses Gewachs Pfalz, Germany - click image for full description
2021 Von Winning Deidesheimer Kalkofken Riesling Grosses Gewachs Pfalz, Germany

Tasting Note: From vineyards on the plateau above Grainhu¨bel and behind the winery. Sandstone and limestone. 100% new oak ...

  • List Price: $73.50

Quantity in Stock: 8

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2020 M. Chapoutier Crozes-Hermitage Blanc Les Meysonniers Rhone, France - click image for full description
2020 M. Chapoutier Crozes-Hermitage Blanc Les Meysonniers Rhone, France

(91 Point) The 2020 Crozes-Hermitage Les Meysonniers Blanc is charming and textured, with some ripe tropical and peach-like fru...

  • List Price: $54.00

Quantity in Stock: 2

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2021 Harvey & Harriet White Blend California - click image for full description
2021 Harvey & Harriet White Blend California

This new addition to the Harvey & Harriet family brings a fun, medium gold tone at first glance. Hints of ta...

  • List Price: $27.00

Quantity in Stock: 1

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2015 Delas Freres Condrieu Clos Boucher - click image for full description
2015 Delas Freres Condrieu Clos Boucher

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  • List Price: $105.00

Quantity in Stock: 2

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2022 Chateau Malherbe Cotes de Provence Blanc, - click image for full description
2022 Chateau Malherbe Cotes de Provence Blanc,

A blend of Rolle and Semillon with partial malolactic, this wine has a beautirul bouquet of stone fruit, white peack, pear and ...

  • List Price: $55.50

Quantity in Stock: 10

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2022 BODEGAS MUGA BLANCO FERMENTADO EN BARRICA, RIOJA DOCA, - click image for full description
2022 BODEGAS MUGA BLANCO FERMENTADO EN BARRICA, RIOJA DOCA,

The 2022 vintage of Muga Blanco has a lovely straw-yellow colour. On the nose it reveals itself to be a complex wine, with citr...

  • List Price: $21.00

  • Sale Price: $18.48

Quantity in Stock: 3

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2022 Hyland Estates Old Vine Riesling Willamette Valley - click image for full description
2022 Hyland Estates Old Vine Riesling Willamette Valley

“Stone fruit, ripe melon and candied orange on the nose that mix in with bright, crisp citrus and honeycomb notes on the ...

  • List Price: $21.00

Quantity in Stock: 1

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2021 Faethm Fingers Crossed White, California, USA - click image for full description
2021 Faethm Fingers Crossed White, California, USA

(96-98 Points) The 2021 Unanswered Prayers White is composed of 72% Chardonnay, 15.4% Roussanne, and 12.6% Marsanne mostly sour...

  • List Price: $239.00

Quantity in Stock: 5

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2019 Domaine Fournier-Longchamps Chamboureau Savennieres - click image for full description
2019 Domaine Fournier-Longchamps Chamboureau Savennieres

(97 points) With almost pungent minerality and gigantic concentration, this awesome Savennieres shows how great dry whites from...

  • List Price: $40.50

Quantity in Stock: 3

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2019 Anne et Jean-Francois Ganevat Savagnin Côtes du Jura Montferrand Savagnin - click image for full description
2019 Anne et Jean-Francois Ganevat Savagnin Côtes du Jura Montferrand Savagnin

2019 Anne et Jean-Francois Ganevat Savagnin Côtes du Jura Montferrand Savagnin ...

  • List Price: $125.50

Quantity in Stock: 1

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2002 Domaine Alex Mathur Montlouis Lumens, Loire, France - click image for full description
2002 Domaine Alex Mathur Montlouis Lumens, Loire, France

2002 Domaine Alex Mathur Montlouis Lumens, Loire, France ...

  • List Price: $29.00

Quantity in Stock: 2

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2024 Bodegas y Vinedos Attis 'Lias Finas' Albarino Rias Baixas, Spain - click image for full description
2024 Bodegas y Vinedos Attis 'Lias Finas' Albarino Rias Baixas, Spain

Winery Notes: Tasty, powerful and round, with a wonderful perfectly integrated acidity. Great aromatic persistence. A complete ...

  • List Price: $28.50

Quantity in Stock: 2

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2024 Couly-Dutheil Blanc de Franc Loire, Vin de France - click image for full description
2024 Couly-Dutheil Blanc de Franc Loire, Vin de France

WINERY NOTES Type of wine Dry white Grape varieties Cabernet Franc 100% Terroir On sandy and grav...

  • List Price: $24.00

Quantity in Stock: 12

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2018 Antica Terra The Glories No.01 White California & Oregon - click image for full description
2018 Antica Terra The Glories No.01 White California & Oregon

55% Oregon chardonnay | 45% California roussanne | The Glories no.01 offers umami in an almost spicy, sweetly torturous form. I...

  • List Price: $360.00

  • Sale Price: $299.00

Quantity in Stock: 1

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