Your first taste of EnRoute Les Pommiers Russian River Pinot Noir 2012 transports you to a faraway place where a cool breeze off the Pacific Ocean moves the fog in a dreamlike dance.

Parducci’s True Grit Petite Sirah evokes a rough, tough spirit with a soft, sweet edge—much like True Grit, the John Wayne classic.

Mother Earth and vintner Kathryn Walt Hall have teamed up to play special roles for WALT Wines. One provides the perfect terroir. The other provides her family name and winemaking, her personal passion. This bold, terroir-driven Anderson Valley Pinot is bright as a button and complex as the relativity theory.

This bold Napa red starts off with dark cherries, opening to vanilla chicory and finishing strong and long with a milk chocolate kiss. It’s perfect for cab lovers and a predictable pleasure for Caymus fans. 

This top 10 pick by restaurant sommeliers worldwide is a knock-your-socks-off cab with a spiced display of ripe red, black and blue fruit. It’s a critically acclaimed 90%-plus cabernet sauvignon blended with small amounts of petit sirah and petit verdot with a touch of malbec and/or merlot in select vintages.

Landmark breathes aromas of lemongrass and butterscotch, leading to flavors of puff pastry and ripe yellow apple with hints of Tuscan melon and savory citrus zest that highlight the finish.  

Produced by the famous Champagne house in Reims, heart of the Champagne region of France, Veuve Clicquot Rosé is crafted from a blend of the iconic orange label, the prestigious Grand Dame, and a dose of red wine produced especially for Veuve’s rosé.

Layers of black fruit, a big, bold taste, and super smooth tannins characterize this complex blend of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, syrah, and merlot.

This mostly cabernet sauvignon, infused with small amounts of merlot, comes across as a Sonoma version of Bordeaux with levels of depth and deliciousness that separate it from other reasonably priced reds.

Ninety minutes south of Barcelona and high in the rugged Montsant Mountains, Perinet Winery sits on 133 acres of steeply terraced vineyards. The winery uses classic old-world winemaking techniques with new-world innovation, thanks to its affiliation with the Alpha Omega Collection.

More than medium-bodied and infused with candied lemon/lime zest, Montrachet ends strong and long with a honeyed poached pear kiss. Such elusive flavors are part of the mystery of the 200-year-old winery.

Spiked with a citrus punch from the trajadura blending grape, LAB is crafted exclusively with Portuguese grapes unknown to the American market.

In this southern hemisphere of flatlands, well known for shiraz and cabernet, Bullets is carving the unusual blend of Spanish-born tempranillo with other Mediterranean grapes to create warm-weather fruit flavors packed with spice.

While the Loosen brothers, Ernst and Thomas, consider Dr. L an entry-level riesling, this food-friendly white is elegant and graceful with surprising complexity and balance rarely found in its price range.

This California chardonnay begins on the nose where marzipan meets aromas of almond croissant. Flavors of fresh Georgia peach and Tahitian vanilla bean unfold on the palate to meet ripe tropical fruits backed with key lime zest.

Viva La Vida Rosé Cava pairs perfectly with the Seared Scallops at Beausoleil Restaurant & Bar, where both are available to pick up and take home during the current crisis.

Red Schooner captures the best of two worlds. It’s produced using Mendoza malbec grapes, hand-harvested from high-altitude vineyards in Argentina’s Andes Mountains.

This small-production highly allocated red opens with captivating aromas of chocolate-covered blackberries before giving way to complex expressions of briary fruit, exotic spice and toasty oak leading to a long sensuous finish.