Skip Napa: Sommelier's Guide to Not Recycling Grocery Store Wine
Calling all wine adventurers drowning in 20-page, tiny-font wine lists! Sommelier advice from Business Insider (updated 2025-10) insists ditching your go-to Chardonnay and Napa's pricey cult-classics for Italy's hidden gems like Sicily's Planeta, Collio's Terre del Faet, and Lugana's Selva Capuzza. Beware the 'full-bodied American reds' too young to impress but destined to sell! Try chilled gamay or Cinsault instead, preferably served on ice by a sommelier who knows this isn't your supermarket's everyday Sangiovese. Bonus tips include snoozing on Bordeaux's neighbors (hello, Cahors Malbec) and skipping Oltrepò Pavese's La Genisia Pinot-noir at your local store—restaurant trips are for discoveries, not déjà vu.
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When your wine list looks like War and Peace but your sommelier just told you to order stuff you couldn’t find at Walmart, welcome to the gourmet guilt trip to escape your comfort Chardonnay and overpriced Napa addictions.
Bravely skip the grocery store wine aisle and head straight to unknown Italian lands like Collio—because nothing screams epic dinner like pretending you know about Terre del Faet.
Ordering wine from a major region is like wearing socks with sandals: socially accepted but you’ll secretly be judged by savvy sommeliers who recommend Cahors instead of Bordeaux.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/14/2025 | Author: Brianne Cohen
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