Best Selling White Wines for Summer

 Now that the weather is warming up, summer is the time to relax, and start thinking about sipping something a little lighter than the hearty red wines we drink throughout the rest of the year. While red wines tend to have more flavor and character, sometimes you just want something cool and fresh, such as California White Wines.

Wine is essential to any good gathering, and people love trying new wines more than anything else. Everyone knows that Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin, you might not know that his words were "Penicillin cures, but wine makes people happy." There are many types of wines to choose from, and this article will break down some of the best-selling white wines. Of course, there’s a lot more to white wine than just Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, and Chardonnay. So, here we’ve rounded up the best-selling white wines for summer that are perfect for pairing with seafood, salads, and fruit.

Here you can find a list of best-selling white wines online that are sure to satisfy your taste. You should check out this list before you visit Bottle Barn California or buy any white wine at our online wine store.

Paul HobbsCrossbarn Sonoma Coast Chardonnay

Paul Hobbs launched his winery in 1991. He and his team felt the need to allow the nuances of each variety to express themselves fully, in profile and depth. In order to achieve that goal, they hand-harvested at night and fermented each vineyard separately. They aged wine using a combination of stainless steel and low percentages of new oak. 

This delicious Chardonnay, with its fresh flavors of peach, apricot, and green apple, has a biscuit-like flavor from its five-month aging on lees, and it reaches its fame with its full body, acidity, and good balance. Between all these components. It is a complex wine, with 92 points from James Suckling. 

Ferrari-CaranoFume Blanc

Founded in 1981, Ferrari-Carano has been a Certified California Sustainable Vineyard since 2015. In order to get that certification, the company had to regulate water usage and energy consumption. This means that the company does dry farming or drip irrigation with various trellising systems.

Their Fume-blanc is one of the best examples. Its grapes come from the best vineyards of Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake counties. It was aged in oak and stainless-steel tanks. This wine smells of guava, apricot, lychee, and Meyer lemon. The flavor is crisp and juicy with ripe pineapple, peach, and fresh lemon. This wine has a spicy aftertaste with a citrus melon minerality that pairs well with oysters and other fish dishes. It has a medium to full body with a creamy texture that’s balanced and harmonious.

RaeburnRussian River Valley Chardonnay

Raeburn Winery was founded in 2012, with a mission to protect the thriving and diverse watersheds of the Russian River Valley. They’re located along a quiet country lane in Sonoma County’s famed Russian River Valley. Now, Raeburn is a member of the Certified California Sustainable Winery.

There is a reason why their Chardonnay is so popular. It has a unique jasmine taste with hints of baked apple and pineapple. It also has a slight oak and peach flavor at the end.

Balletto Vineyards Teresa's Unoaked Chardonnay

Balletto Vineyards is one of the few wineries on the Russian River to be 100% estate grown and estate-bottled, meaning they don’t buy grapes from external vineyards. They don’t use malolactic fermentation (which is like a second fermentation) and don’t stir the lees (the sediment that accumulates at the bottom of a wine barrel over time) which helps keep the wine fruity.

As a result, these wines have a complex, light fruitiness with hints of mango, green apple, pear, and lemon. They’re luscious, refreshing, and food-friendly!

Les Costieresde Pomerols Picpoul de Pinet H.B.

This award-winning Cave Cooperative Les Costieres winery was founded in 1932 in the top commune of France. It is located on sun-drenched hills covered with 15- to 20-year-old vines that produce 100% Picpoul wine, a very popular, traditional local variety planted. The grapes are harvested at night and use no malolactic fermentation.

We love this wine because of its distinctive nose, a mixture of fresh fruit such as lemons, pears, citrus, and especially grapefruits. It is well-balanced, with a light finish, and a slight zesty acidity.

Even this is a list of best-selling white wines, we offer a wide selection of wines and spirits from all over the world that are perfect for any occasion and palate preference. Before you buy wine, consider visiting Bottle Barn Santa Rosa to explore local, domestic, and international options.

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