In-Stock Whites and Rosés to Cool Off Your Summer
The best summer wines don't ask much of you. They ask to be cold, to be opened without ceremony, and to disappear faster than you planned. From Chablis to the Salnés Valley to the Sonoma Coast, here are eight bottles we'll be drinking all summer—every one under $35, most well under.
2023 La Chablisiènne Collaboration Petit Chablis "Cuvée Centenaire" $19.99 Our collaboration with the celebrated Chablis cooperative in their centenary year: pure, chalky, citrus-bright Chardonnay that tastes like the region at twice the price.
2025 Anonymous Wine Collective Oakville Sauvignon Blanc $24.95 100% estate-grown in the heart of Oakville and, in domestic buyer Ryan Woodhouse's words, "blended by yours truly—with a small assist from a 100-point winemaker with a few decades of experience." As he puts it: "Each time I open a bottle of this wine, it's even better than the last."
2024 Tatomer "Steinhugel" Santa Lucia Highlands Riesling $19.95 "OK, maybe I went a little crazy here and bought a big chunk of this wine... but it's just SOOO GOOD!" says Ryan Woodhouse, K&L Domestic Buyer. Bone-dry Riesling from decomposed granite in the hills near Monterey: "It's a dry wine, but not austere—the fruit is so crystalline and pure."
2024 As Laxas "Laxas" Albariño Rías Baixas $17.99 From one of Spain's coolest white wine regions, where—as Spain buyer Rachael Ryan writes—the ocean breezes and granite soils produce Albariño "marked by bright acidity, citrus flavors, and unmistakable maritime character." Natural companion to shellfish and grilled fish.
NV Caves Messias Santola "Crab Wine" Vinho Verde $9.99 The crab on the label tells you everything: light, spritzy, ten dollars, gone by sunset.
2025 Anonymous Wine Collective Contra Costa County Rosé of Mourvèdre $14.95 "Good Lord, the nose on this is gorgeous," writes Redwood City tasting bar manager Aaron Hughes—bright red raspberry, ripe peach, and alpine strawberry. "This is a quintessential porch wine... a really well-priced and well-placed rosé that has everything you're looking for."
2025 La Bargemone Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence Rosé $18.99 Classic Provence in the glass: pale, dry, herb-tinged, and effortless with everything from grilled fish to nothing at all.
2025 Stoller Willamette Valley Rosé of Pinot Noir $14.95 "Yummy yum, this just smells so good," says Aaron Hughes—watermelon and green apple Jolly Rancher on the nose, lime juice and lemon zest on the palate. "This is an absolutely banging bottle of rosé for the price, a crushable bottle of don't worry about it."