Top Picks for White Wines

Crisp and lively Austria meets upstate NY Gruner offers peach-pear-yellow plum aplenty with a fresh lemony finish and a tell-tail of white pepper - beautiful from start to finish.

Awards: '2025 New York Wine Classic - Best White Wine' 2025 New York Wine Classic - Best Gruner Veltliner - 2025 Best White Wine

Generous oak wraps itself around a wave of tropical fruit in this classic Napa Chardonnay.

Pineapple and lemon, papaya and lime, deftly balances tropical and citrus with the satisfaction of a buttery Chardonnay without the butter - pair with olive oil poached salmon. Impressive!.

Awards: 2025 New York Wine Classic - Best Chardonnay (Unoaked) 2025 New York Wine Classic - Best Overall Chardonnay - 2025 Best Chardonnay (Unoaked)

Beautiful Sauvignon Blanc typicity that over-delivers -- tarragon, lemongrass, lime skin, papaya on the nose with flavors of white peach and ripe pear, pus grapefruit and a hint of jalapeño, juicy sweet lemon, dried honey and honeydew melon.

Awards: 2025 New York Wine Classic - Best Sauvignon Blanc - 2025 Best Sauvignon Blanc

An opulent unfiltered Napa Chardonnay with just enough of everything and not too much of anything.

The archetypal Riesling that put NY State Vinifera on the map, hard to set your glass down once you take your first swirl and sip — this will take your cheese and charcuterie platter to the stratosphere.

Awards: 2026 New York Wine Classic - Best Riesling (Sweet)

Bright, dry, fruity and floral, all at the same time — you will want another bottle on ice as this is so balanced your cocktail wine will be what you want with dinner.

Sunshine in a glass, apples-pear-melon plus tangerine, refreshing and clean, a pure wine showing off what Chardonnay can be without barrel aging: Chablis-ish.

A textbook example of Seyval Blanc with refreshing and vibrant citrus and stone fruit flavors that will be very crowd pleasing.

Awards: 2025 New York Wine Classic - Best Other White Hybrid Varietal

A spot-on example of a vibrant savory NZ Sauvignon Blanc with ample fruit, acidity, and versatility that refreshes the palate and begs for another sip, and another...

Awards: 2025 Best New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc