![]() But, as Lauren Friel, founder of wine bar Rebel Rebel, points out, “None of that matters if the wine is no good.” She assures that it is, telling us Nomadica’s owners “are wine lovers first” and that its “natural California wines are complex expressions of West Coast terroir.” This sparkling rosé from the brand is a favorite of James Beard Award–winning sommelier Belinda Chang, the host of Virtual Bubbly Brunch, who says she keeps cans everywhere: “In my cooler for the boat, on ice in the bathtub for my apartment parties, and also in my fridge.” The price shown is for eight cans (which equate to 2.6 bottles of wine), but you can also get packs of 12, 24, and 36. Nomadica is a sommelier-curated canned-wine company that says it sources all of its wines from vineyards with responsible farming practices and works with winemakers who specialize in low-intervention (or natural) winemaking. We broke down their 12 recommendations below into white wines, red wines, and rosé wines, leading each category with any canned wines we heard about the most. To find the best canned wines, we asked Bishop and seven more experts - including sommeliers, wine-shop owners, and other beverage connoisseurs - about the varieties they like to crack open. “So why is it still difficult to find decent wine in a can?” As with many shopping challenges, knowing what brands to look for will help separate the drinkable from the disgusting. “It seems everybody is putting wine in cans these days,” says sommelier Ian Bishop, the portfolio manager at Flavors of Italy, who laments that this uptick in quantity doesn’t translate to quality. Every time you step into a deli, it seems a new brand of hard seltzer has landed in the fridge and the ready-to-drink cocktails market has also exploded in the past few years. With all the diversity that California wine has to offer, any wine lover will find something to get excited about here.The world of canned alcoholic beverages is vast. The Central Coast has carved out a niche with Rhône Blends based on Grenache and Syrah, while Mendocino has found success with cool climate varieties such as Pinot noir, Riesling and Gewürztraminer. Sonoma County is best known for Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rosé and Zinfandel. In the Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc dominate vineyard acreage. Plenty of inexpensive bulk wine is made in the Central Valley area, while Napa Valley is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious and expensive “cult” wines.Įach American Viticultural Area (AVA) and sub-AVA of has its own distinct personality, allowing California to produce red wine of every fashion: from bone dry to unctuously sweet, still to sparkling, light and fresh to rich and full-bodied. California wineries range from tiny, family-owned boutiques to massive corporations, and price and production are equally varied. The state’s diverse terrain and microclimates allow for an incredible range of red wine styles, and unlike tradition-bound Europe, experimentation is more than welcome here. ![]() ![]() Responsible for the vast majority of American wine production, if California were a country, it would be the world’s fourth largest wine-producing nation. ![]()
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