America’s Best-Selling Premium Wines

Miraval is owned by a couple of glamorous movie stars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (though they’re divorced, they are still business partners). The winery is run by the Perrin family, famous for their Rhône wines, and the 2018 rosé is well made and flavorful.

This is a solid cabernet from Tuscany’s Maremma region, produced by a winery launched by one of the best winemakers in the Veneto, in northeastern Italy.

This cabernet/merlot/syrah blend is the second wine (that is, a less expensive “junior” entry) from famed Tuscan producer Marchesi Antinori’s Tenuta Guado al Tasso. Like Tommasi’s Poggio al Tufo, it’s from the Maremma region.

The cavas from the Penedès in Spain’s Catalonia region are the great bargains of the sparkling wine world. This example, made from the traditional cava blend of macabeo, parellada, and xarel-lo grapes, is dry and crisp — a good apéritif wine.

Founded in 1895, Seghesio is a leading producer of zinfandel as well as wines from Italian grape varieties. This tannic offering is sourced from vineyards in the Dry Creek and Alexander valleys, some of Sonoma’s best wine-growing territory.