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The Blaufränkisch grape makes juicy, spicy red wines that are exceptionally food-friendly, like this bottling from Austrian vintner Alex Schreiner.

Filled with licorice-tinged cherry fruit, this lush red shows why Montepulciano is one of Italy’s most engaging red grapes.

Made from Vermentino, this crisp, lime-scented white comes from the Italian island of Sardinia, a top spot for this ancient grape variety.

This Chardonnay comes mostly from a single vineyard in Sonoma’s Russian River Valley, where cooler temperatures yield crisper whites.

The Syrah in this spicy, generous red blend comes from a century-old vineyard, which produces small, intense grapes that give the wine terrific depth.

Rising steeply from Sicily’s eastern tip, Mount Etna’s lava-coated slopes yield wines with thrilling minerality, like this sleek, vivid white.

Famous for its distinctive white wines, Italy’s Friuli region is also home to bright, berry-scented reds, like this minerally Cabernet Franc.

Spain’s little-known Godello grape makes refreshing, minerally white wines, like this peach-scented offering from Benaza.

Verdejo is the signature grape of Spain’s Rueda region, where it makes crisp, zesty whites, like this citrusy bottling from a revived 17th-century winery.

Walter Bressia spent 30 years making wine for some of Argentina’s biggest brands; at his boutique Mendoza estate he now produces less than 100 barrels of wine a year.