November 2025 – This year, our wine merchant Niesa put together an exciting list of wines from less common grape varietals to elevate your holiday table. Discover a rare Hungarian Kéknyelu white, a Spanish Mencia, and a benchmark Ribolla orange to delight your guests. These singular varietals complement our classic Thanksgiving wines: Pinots, Chardonnays, and Beaujolais. Each will bring beautiful notes to the celebration!
Driver’s Tip: Stay tuned for our list of party wines next month, featuring Big Reds and Bubbles!
Chateau Simone | Palette Blanc
France | $89.99
Wonderful golden color with flavors that combine floral and fruity notes with a fine woody touch. From Provence.
Valibor | Kéknyelü
Hungary| $29.99
From Lake Balaton region, a rare Kéknyelü white with flavors of honey, smoke, floral, apple, citrus, and minerality. High acidity & light.
Populis | Wabi-Sabi White 2024
California | $23.99
Mendocino Chardonnay blend fermented on skins, spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts. Light and delicate, with tropical notes.
Weingut Knoll | Riesling Pfaffenberg
Austria | $89.99
Complex Riesling with vibrant acidity and minerals. Flavors of apricot, pear, and honey.
Tschida | Rosé Blaufrankish
Austria | $51.99
This Austrian blaufrankish varietal is a complex and savory rosé with berries and peppery touches, chalky finish behind orange peels.
Clos Ste Magdeleine | Cassis Rosé
France | $49.99
From the Cassis appellation in Provence. Dry, crisp, with high acidity and minerality, saline finish from the limestone soils and sea breezes.
Gravner | Ribolla Gialla
Italy | $149.99
From the “father of orange wines,” Josko Gravner in north east Italy. This powerful wine is fruity with elegant tannins, layered with notes of pear, caramel, crushed seashells & minerals.
Guimaro | Ribeira Sacra Mencia
Spain | $25.99
Guimaro means ‘rebel’ in the Galician dialect. This Mencia is bright red and fruity, with earthy minerality, and lively acidity.
Sesti | Brunello di Montalcino
Italy | $99.99