Melon De Bourgogne

From Napa to Nice, there’s one thing every oyster-bar and oceanfront seafood enclave has in common: Muscadet Sevre et Main. The Loire Valley’s signature white cornered the market on perfect pairings for straight-from-the-sea delicacies decades ago, and no bottle competes with Domaine Michel Bregeon. A Loire Valley standard-bearer for 50 years, we’re overjoyed to share…

The word “Muscadet” provokes a Pavlovian response in us. The second we hear it, we practically salivate at the stony, orchard-fruit-inflected flavors, light body, and zesty acidity. The white wine is tailor made to slake our thirst on any sunny day—but too often we’re disappointed by what we can find here in the States. So…