From: Sonoma County, Calif.
Price: $21
Serve with: Lobster, seafood stews, swordfish
Matanzas Creek has long been one of California's leaders in sauvignon blanc, and the 2012 reaffirms that distinction. Not grassy and cutting like some of this varietal, this full-bodied dry white wine offers bold flavors of figs, herbs, green apple, gooseberries, vanilla, almond and mint. This is far more complex than most whites in this price range.