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What, exactly, is light-bodied wine? It’s all a matter of sensation. When you taste wine, it can feel light-bodied, more like skim milk, or full-bodied, more like whole milk (and there’s 2% for medium-bodied, of course). With milk, it’s the fat that creates the mouthfeel, while with wine it’s alcohol and extract. A lower alcohol wine with less extract will feel lighter in the mouth – thus it’s perceived as ...more

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2019 Wonderful Wine Co.® Malvasia Bianca

3.6

“Vibrant, Easy Drinking, Crowd Pleaser”

$19.99 Regular Price$17.99 Members

2018 Matchlock® Cabernet Sauvignon

4.1

“Dark Fruit, Elegant, Classic”

$17.99 Regular Price$15.99 Members

2019 Alma Libre® Cabernet Sauvignon

3.9

“Complex, Textured, Luscious”

$14.99 Regular Price$12.99 Members

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2019 Far + Wide Grüner Veltliner

4.1

“Citrus, Bright, Crisp”

$21.99 Regular Price$16.99 Members

2016 Rabble Merlot

“Dark Fruit, Elegant, Single Vineyard”

$22.99 Regular Price$19.99 Members

2019 Capuchon Carignane

3.7

“Juicy, Velvety, Unique”

$39.99 Regular Price$26.99 Members

2019 Endgame® Chardonnay

4.1

“Oaky, Elegant, Single Vineyard”

$40.99 Regular Price$27.99 Members

2019 Supercluster® Touriga Nacional

“Red Fruit, Soft, Single Vineyard”

$28.99 Regular Price$24.99 Members

2018 Light & Space Cabernet Franc

3.9

“Dark Fruit, Elegant, Single Vineyard”

$31.99 Regular Price$26.99 Members

2018 Baby G Grenache

3.2

“Red Fruit, Friendly, Single Vineyard”

$22.99 Regular Price$19.99 Members

2018 La La Rosé

3.4

“Bright, Crisp, Crowd Pleaser”

$22.99 Regular Price$19.99 Members

2019 L’Atelier du Sud® Chardonnay

“Vibrant, Lean, Organic”

$19.99 Regular Price$17.99 Members

2019 Far + Wide Zweigelt

3.7

“Dark Fruit, Easy Drinking, Exotic”

$21.99 Regular Price$16.99 Members

NV Déclassé® Red Blend

4.1

“Complex, Bold, Dark”

$22.99 Regular Price$19.99 Members

2018 Pacificana® Merlot

3.8

“Smoky, Rich, Oak Aged”

$17.99 Regular Price$12.99 Members

2018 Akoya® Chardonnay

3.6

“Perfumed, Rich, Aromatic”

$14.99 Regular Price$12.99 Members

2018 Pacificana® Pinot Noir

3.9

“Dark Fruit, Soft, Oak Aged”

$14.99 Regular Price$12.99 Members

2019 Passarola White Blend

“Aromatic, Easy Drinking, Portuguese”

$15.99 Regular Price$13.99 Members

2019 Pacificana® Rosé

“Red Fruit, Quaffable, Easy Drinking”

$22.99 Regular Price$17.99 Members

2020 Alma Libre® Sauvignon Blanc

3.9

“Tropical, Easy Drinking, Crowd Pleaser”

$14.99 Regular Price$12.99 Members

2017 Baseline® Syrah

4.1

“Complex, Elegant, Premium”

$59.99 Regular Price$39.99 Members

2017 Vingt Dieux Beaujolais

New

“Juicy, Velvety, Food Friendly”

$54.99 Regular Price$45.99 Members

2017 Vingt Dieux Beaujolais

4.7

“Complex, Elegant, Geeky”

$59.99 Regular Price$49.99 Members

2019 Prismus® Pinot Grigio

“Bright, Crisp, Easy Drinking”

$17.99 Regular Price$15.99 Members

2018 Lost Poet Red Blend

4.1

“Jammy, Easy Drinking, Crowd Pleaser”

$16.99 Regular Price$14.99 Members

2019 Mercana Malbec

“Dark Fruit, Rich, Food Friendly”

$15.99 Regular Price$13.99 Members

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Since white wine grapes tend to have fewer sugars, they also tend to be lower in alcohol. This combined with the fact that white grapes are also generally lower in extract than reds means that white wines are more likely to be light-bodied. Sauvignon Blanc, Grüner Veltliner, Pinot Grigio, and Albariño are all grapes that tend towards light body, especially when grown in cooler regions or when picked early. Red wines ...more

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