Wine

A semi-dry Cabernet Sauvignon like this rounds out a holiday spread the way a good bottle always does back home. Crama Ceptura bottles this red sem...

A bottle of semi-sweet Pinot Noir like this is poured at the holiday table, right alongside the sarma and pita. Crama Ceptura bottles this red semi...

Varancha Reserve Merlot — a Moldovan semi-dry Merlot with velvety texture and plum-spice notes. Soft, food-friendly, and accessible; the Reserve li...

This is the dark red wine poured alongside grilled lamb on the Dalmatian coast, glass after glass as the evening runs long. Terra Madre's Plavac Ma...

Vina Istria Malvazija Istarska 2016 — a Croatian dry white from the indigenous Malvazija Istarska grape, vintage 2016. Golden hue, delicate floral ...

Family gatherings back home often opened with a bottle of Vranac poured for everyone at the table. Plantaže makes this Crnogorski Vranac, a Montene...

Assenovgrad Mavrud Reserve 2019 — Bulgaria's flagship indigenous red, grown on the Thracian Plain around the town that gave the grape its modern ho...

Stobi Vranec Classic — North Macedonia's flagship indigenous red, made from the Vranec grape that gives Balkan tables their everyday dark wine. Vib...

Every proper celebration back home had a sweet bottle opened for the toasts, glasses filled and passed hand to hand around the table. This bottle i...

Vila Vina Prokupac 2017 — a dry Serbian red from the country's most distinctive indigenous grape, Prokupac. Earthy mineral character with red-fruit...

Prokupac was the old family grape, poured whenever someone wanted to remind you Serbia had its own reds long before Merlot showed up. Rubin's 2021 ...

Muscat Ottonel was the sweet-edged white that showed up whenever there was cause for a toast. Rubin's 2023 Muscat Ottonel is a dry white wine from ...

This was the crisp white poured at name-day lunches when the table called for something light before the meat course. Rubin's 2022 Sauvignon Blanc ...

The label always came out for name days and slava, poured slow while the table filled with food. Rubin's 2021 Pinot Noir is a quality dry red wine ...

Sunday lunch back home always had a bottle open before the ćevapi hit the table, this Rubin Merlot poured the same way for family and guests alike....

Car Lazar on the table means a Serbian Sunday dinner is underway. Rubin AD bottles this semi-dry red as Car Lazar, a Serbian wine, in a 750ml (25.4...

Rubin Carica Milica — a Serbian semi-dry red named for Empress Milica, wife of Prince Lazar who fell at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Delicate swee...

This was the white wine chilling in the fridge for whenever the family table needed something to toast with. Rubin's 2022 Chardonnay is a quality d...

A glass of semi-sweet Muscat Ottonel is the wine grandmothers poured for a toast at Sunday lunch. Bucuria's Muscat Ottonel is a white semi-sweet wi...

A glass of deep red pomegranate wine on the table is how many Caucasus family dinners begin, poured before the toasts start. Caucasus Valley makes ...

A bottle of deep Georgian red like this is what comes out when the whole family sits down together, poured slow and passed around the table. Caucas...

Kindzmarauli is the semi-sweet Georgian red poured out at every toast when the family gets together, sweet enough that even the kids ask for a tast...

A bottle of something sweet and fizzy comes out the moment there's something worth celebrating. Scandi makes this frizzante with Moscato and pineap...

A bottle of something sweet and fizzy comes out the moment there's something worth celebrating. Scandi makes this frizzante with Moscato and strawb...