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In this video, let’s explore wines I will be buying in 2026 – both for drinking and long-term cellaring.
**WINES FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO:
🍷 Chateau Le Crock, Saint-Estephe, Bordeaux, France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/le+crock+st+estephe+medoc+bordeaux+france/
🍷 Alheit Vineyards Hereafter Here Chenin Blanc, Western Cape, South Africa
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/alheit+here+after+chenin+blanc+western+cape+south+africa/
🍷 Rivetto Barolo del Comune di Serralunga d’Alba DOCG, Piedmont, Italy
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/rivetto+commune+di+serralunga+d+alba+docg+barolo+piemonte+italy
🍷 Bodega Juan Carlos Sancha Ad Libitum Maturana Blanca, Rioja DOCa, Spain
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/juan+carlos+sancho+ad+libitum+maturana+blanca+doca+rioja+alta+spain/
🍷 R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Reserva Blanco, Rioja DOCa, Spain
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/r+lopez+de+heredia+vina+tondonia+rsrv+blanco+doca+rioja+alta+spain/
🍷 Albert Boxler Pinot Gris Reserve, Alsace, France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/albert+boxler+pinot+gris+rsrv+alsace+france/
🍷 Francois Cotat Sancerre Les Culs de Beaujeu, Loire, France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/francois+cotat+les+cul+de+beaujeu+sancerre+upper+loire+france/
🍷 Michel Redde et Fils Pouilly-Fume Les Cornets, Loire, France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/michel+redde+les+cornet+pouilly+fume+upper+loire+france/
🍷 Bodega Chacra ‘Cincuenta y Cinco 55’ Pinot Noir, Rio Negro, Patagonia, Argentina
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/chacra+cincuenta+y+cinco+55+pinot+noir+rio+negro+patagonia+argentina/
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**CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO:
0:00 Wines I’m Buying in 2026
0:59 Wine 1
2:20 Wine 2
3:29 Wine 3
4:42 Wine 4
6:30 Wine 5
8:04 Wine 6
9:54 Wine 7
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42 Comments
Happy New Year. Thank you for always balancing reds, whites, and sparkling in your videos. My New Year’s resolution is to embrace more whites and sparkling wines.
Looks like our purchase lists overlapped a lot, great choices! White Rioja should definitely be something I need to focus on more in 2026 (and Spanish whites & sherry as a whole for that matter).
Albert Boxler makes fantastic wines! I’m sad that none of the retailers near me carry his stuff
Such great picks ❤ Agnese! Have a great 2026 🎉! Cheers from Winnipeg! 🥞🌭
The Euro is equivalent to $ 1.17 in US DOLLARS.
I have a question for Agnes. I suffer from migraines. Red white is thought to be one of the triggers. Yet I can drink them without a problem. The wine that disagrees with me is actually Sauvignon Blanc. Tried different bands several times. Every time the same result. Migraines, vomiting, feel sick all over. Feel like I drank poison. And it lasts 2 or 3 days.
I think I know why viewership of white wine videos is low but sales are high: non-wine aficionados drink more white wine than red because it is less intimidating from a complexity and price standpoint; these people don’t know a channel like yours exists! And there are many more of them than there are wine aficionados.
Good for you! I started with French Chenin, but now buy S African almost exclusively. Love em both, but that brightness from S Africa is hard to beat 😋
Happy new year Agnese!
Alsace is on the top of my list for 2026. To visit, to taste and to buy.
The level of Barolo and Barbaresco in my cellar has dropped below acceptable, so I will be in the market for some of those.
And lastly I will be looking into Condrieu more closely with one producer in mind being M. Chapoutier.
For all of these biodynamic farming is a criteria. I am drinking wine to save the planet! Cheers.
Ok, you've convinced me. I'll follow your lead and try some white riojas in 2026. Cheers!
Just bought 2-bottles of Zind Humbercht Muscat GC on sale here in Switzerland. Normally not for me, but bought for my wife. Having said that, Alsace makes some amazing Whites!!
Look at the Pinot Noirs of Coastal Chile…….I think they are world class.
You went for red Bordeaux 22. I understand that, But how do you feel about 21. It’s been seen as a more off year because it was cooler than most recent years. But isn’t that a good thing? More classic and therefore interesting?
Love all of these suggestions. And love your white wine videos—sorry to hear that they aren’t as popular—I appreciate you doing them!
❤
No Ribera del Duero? Extrange…
Happy new year, sounds like a great selection!
Patagonia, bucket list destination!
Right here I will give a thumbs up to South African Sauvignon Blanc (Bellingham remains in our memories)
Hi Agnese, if you are looking at South American Pinot Noir, cross the Andes and go into Chile and try Villard, excellent and great value. As for SA Chenin Blanc, have a look at Ken Forrester's FMC. Not cheap in the UK but a stunning wine. Cheers
I'll follow you in buying more white Rioja and for my own intent I should have more rosé from Etna whilst they are still affordable.
Unfortunately, most consumers just want big reds.
I'd be also super interested in white bordeaux. I have always wondered if it's good also for aging but maybe I just need to find out
Your list is great. I rarely buy those wines especially white Rioja and Alsace. I’m part of the Barolo wine club which is a wine club by an American living in Piemonte and you get wines from producers you wouldn’t know about. Here is my list in no order
1.Soave Classico-my favorite Italian white
2. Sparkling wine- primarily Franciacorta, Alto Langue, Spanish and champagne but any quality sparkling wine is a for me. My favorite winery in Napa just released its first sparkling wine and I want to try it but it’s so expensive.
3. Sherry- got into making cocktails and Sherry is used. Love manzanita
4. Priorat- one of my family’s favorite wine regions. Both the reds and whites are amazing.
5. Vino Nobile di Montepulciano- favorite Tuscan wine region and one of my favorite regions to visit. I mainly buy Contucci wines.
6. Bordeaux Blanc- I’m with you. I love the whites and they are so underrated.
7. Ribera Del Duero
8. CDP Blanc
9. Lambrusco- a fun wine that’s affordable and a great pizza wine
Great choices and wonderful information! Would love to see a video of the lesser known red varietals from Piemonte like Uva Rara, Vespolina, Grignolino and Peleverga. We ended up drinking more of these wines in Barolo than actual Barolo while visiting there.
Dear Agnes, since you are rediscovering sauvignon blanc… you really should visit southern styria next time you go to Austria. To me this is the pinnacle of sauvignon and prices are still acceptable in comparison to sancerre.
I enjoyed the video and some very nice and interesting choices. I am also diving deeper into Alsace!
And if you want another great producer to satisfy your thirst for Loire, I highly recommend Claude Riffault. I've never been a Sauvignon Blanc fan, but these wines blew me away last year. So much so that I've purchased a few cases.
Most excellent call on the South African Chenin Blancs, Alsace wines and the Loire Sauvignon Blancs. Do you ever make a resolution not to buy certain wines? I did this year. I have always been disappointed by Brunello di Montalcino wines. As I do love Sangiovese, I thought I should revisit this wine, and bought several bottles of classic, mature vintages from the region's legendary producers. They were all awful, thin, sour and completely unenjoyable, whilst draining my bank account. As long as I live I will never again buy Brunello di Montalcino wine. You live and learn.
Can't go wrong with Alheit 🇿🇦
I want to drink everything on your list! Adding Nebbiolo from regions other than Barolo and Barbaresco to mine, along with more Australian wines off the beaten path. I love Barolo and Barbaresco, but have been impressed with the quality and value for money in places like Valtellina and want to explore more!
Agnes,if are impressed by sancerre or Burgundy its means you never tried real Portuguese wines from Dão, Douro, Beira Interior, Alentejo,or even Wines from Lisbon Region.
Once you tried them you will change your Vision Definitely. See you on DWWA 2026 again
Glad you are giving the nod this year to Sancerre. Wondering if you might be persuaded to do an episode devoted to the wines of Dagueneau? Not sure how many out there know about their wines (Silex, Pur Sang, Blanc Etc., Renard, and the unique history behind the winemaker. I know it would be maybe a chunk of change, but I just love these wines and since you are looking at Loire whites anyway……….. Great video as always and Happy New Year Agnese!
My compliments — I don’t think I am capable to narrow my list down to seven!
Great ideas and aspirations – and I definitely agree regarding the half bottles, where you can get them, which ironically is often NOT in new and exciting areas.
South African Chenin is great, so definitely go for that.
But one thing I will say, in my experience as a now 63 year old wine drinker, I am actually doing the opposite to your aims. I am sticking to what I know, with the exception of tastings where I can explore. I feel I have wasted lots of money and alcohol units from trying wines I just don’t like, or certainly don’t love. So I’m sticking with Bordeaux, Super-Tuscan, Penfolds Shiraz and cabs, Rhones, and Amerone. And some Riesling and Chardonnay.
You of course have a big advantage over the rest of us in your access to tastings and being able to try quality new things.
Best of luck in the year ahead.
I also thinknthe '22 is probably worth buying as a vintage. But do you mean the prices dropped in comparison to their release prices? Because I think '22 was the peak of the Bordeaux price surge.
Best wishes for 2026 Agnese.
I enjoy your videos and am glad that 2026 will have some South African focus. Interestingly, the Alheit Vineyards you feature in the video is in the Hemel-en-Aardevalley (Heaven and Earth Valley) in the Overberg region of South Africa, the same valley that Hamilton Russell wines are from. I've never tasted their wines and it seems to be a quite exclusive small production vineyard producing mainly chenin blanc wines with no yeasts, no enzymes, no acidification, no sulphur before ferment, no blocking malo, no new barrels, no fining, etc. Enjoy.
I hope 2026 is the year that you and other northern hemisphere sommeliers explore South African wines more
Dom perignon 2008 drink buy or sell ?
I love Chacra. Fun to see that on your list. I’m drinking more Champagne and Riesling this year, and you’ve inspired me to add some of the Alsace offerings to that list. Thank you.
Nice list. In mine, I have one red too many people sleep on: Pignolo
SA Chenin for me as well! 🍷
Just managed to acquire a few bottles of Ken Forrester and David & Nadia in the past 2 weeks, surprise finds on both occasions.
Can’t wait for your tastings on SA chenins!
Agnes, please can you tell me why wines from the Umbria region of Italy never get a mention. It’s all Barolo this Brunello that Barbaresco super Tuscans bla bla bla🤣 sorry. Umbrian wines are massively overlooked from the grechetto the backbone of Umbrian white wine producing bold citrus and herbal notes. The Trebbiano spoletino a native grape crisp and refreshing with notes of apples,pears and herbs. But for me it’s all about the Sagrantino di montefalco. Made from 100% Sagrantino grapes a full bodied red with high tannins, notes of dark fruit,spice,leather and tobacco. It has aging potential of 20years plus. If the Sagrantino is a to full on you have the montefalco Rosso a blend of Sangiovese Sagrantino and often merlot. I’m not a salesman for Umbrian wines but I’m a frequent visitor to this lesser known region of Italy and it’s fantastic wine producers.
Very cool! I guess I have to try chenin blanc.