America’s Best-Selling Premium Wines

This fruity, slightly sweet chardonnay from the esteemed Carneros region has been called “a California icon.” According to Wine & Spirits, it’s the most popular single chardonnay in American restaurants.

Made from the classic cava blend of macabeo, parellada, and xarel-lo grapes, this sparkler from a producer owned by Spain’s massive Freixenet Group is simple and juicy, with green apple flavors.

By far New Zealand’s prime wine-producing region, Marlborough is famous above all for its tart, aromatic sauvignon blancs. Matua Valley Wines has the distinction of having started it all, as the first New Zealand winery to use the grape, back in 1974. Today, it’s one of the country’s biggest producers.

This full-bodied cabernet, with berry, black cherry, and vanilla flavors, was given a score of 90/100 by WineEnthusiast. It is considered particularly good wine for its price.

This well-balanced, buttery chardonnay and the 2017 vintage of the same wine (No. 5) are wine.com’s best-selling chardonnays. Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates is one of the largest wine producers in California, and also owns wineries in Australia, France, and Chile.