IF YOU DRINK Champagne

PÉT-NAT WINES SPIN THE BOTTLE Like Champagne minus the pomp and pageantry. Cava with some hipster cred. This naturally sparkling wine, colloquially known as “pét­nat” (pétillant naturel), has You’ve ditched your morning joe for cortados and become the most sought­after INSTEAD patio pounder. Unfiltered, lower in alcohol, and made with an a Chemex. Your ribeye is dry-aged. Even that Sangiovese TRY ancestral technique that predates the Champagne method, dewy pot of legumes is heirloom. So when it Pinot Noir bottles of pét­nat are perfect both as aperitif and celebratory toast. comes to the wine aisle, why are Crafted from all manner of red and NEBBIOLO white grapes, it has the potential you still defaulting to the Typically from younger vines GAMAY outside Barolo and Barbaresco, Merlot to usurp anything from Lambrusco to a vinho verde. same bottle of Chard? é Langhe nebbiolo is a softer, Burgundy’s other red grape more approachable expression GrenacheRos has shed its second-banana of Piedmont’s most famous Go ahead, pour out- Channing Daughters status, with herbal, earthy grape, with raspberry and AGLIANICO recoveredMerlot from has neverits quite Bianco Pétillant side your comfort offerings now popping up rose petal notes conducive Naturel ($27) in California, Oregon, and to a wide array of eats. induced ostracization. HONDARRABI even the Finger Lakes. Instead, closet fans, look to zone with these BELTZA this tannic southern Italian varietal to get your fillSideways- of alluring, alt plummy, dark fruit flavor. Tempranillo

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