2023 Caravaglio, IGP Salina Bianco - May '25 Essential 3 White Club

To say we’re crazy for Island wines would be an understatement; we absolutely adore these wines that are often born of the perfect combination of volcanic soils and coastal climates. Many of you seem to agree, especially when it comes to Caravaglio’s Bianco Secco. This bottling, which is a first-ballot SommSelect Hall-of-Famer (this is the fifth consecutive vintage we’ve offered), is irrefutable proof that there is truly special wine to be had at the so-called “low end” of the market. I’ll put it another way: Even on those occasions when you only want to spend $20-ish on a bottle of wine, you do not need to settle. And you should not. That’s why we’re here: To find utterly enchanting, quite-rare Mediterranean whites like this to seriously elevate a Tuesday night pasta dinner. Overused as the word may be, this wine is incredible! Nino Caravaglio’s wines, grown on the Sicilian satellite island of Salina, are some of the most all-encompassing expressions of terroir one could hope to drin