Choosing the best In Good Taste wines is a different exercise from choosing the best wine generally, because this range is built around discovery rather than a house style. The in-house labels cover sparkling, rose, aromatic whites, silky reds and one genuinely strange sparkling Shiraz, and the right bottle depends entirely on what you want the evening to feel like.
Below are the standout picks from the 750ml range, grouped by occasion rather than by grape, with the tasting notes the brand publishes for each. Every bottle is available through In Good Taste, whose wines are sourced from France, Italy, Napa, Sonoma and Paso Robles.
The best In Good Taste wines: sparkling picks
Best for making an entrance: Crimson Rosella Sparkling Shiraz
This is the bottle that tells you the range is not playing it safe. Dark as night in the glass, fizzing with fine red bubbles, it is sparkling wine from a completely different universe than the usual brut.
Juicy blackberry jam and dark plum lead the nose, with a spicy depth underneath that is pure Shiraz. The palate is full-bodied and plush, and the bubbles cut through the richness to keep everything lively. Dark chocolate and cracked black pepper close the finish.
If you host, this is the bottle worth keeping. Nobody expects a red sparkling, which is exactly why it works.
Best crowd-pleaser: La Pluma Sparkling Brut
Clean, bright and unmistakably celebratory. The bubbles are fine and persistent, rising in a steady stream that never lets up, with green apple and lemon peel on the nose.
The palate is dry and focused, carried by a chalky minerality that gives the wine a backbone, and a hint of toasted brioche keeps the finish interesting. As the brand puts it, this one works equally well as an opening act and a closing argument.
If you want a sparkling rose instead, La Pluma Sparkling Rose is salmon-pink with a fine mousse, wild strawberry and raspberry on the nose, and an off-dry, creamy mid-palate that softens all the edges.
The best white wines
Best aromatic white: La Pluma Gewurztraminer
Heady and hypnotic, this is the wine you lean in to smell before you take a sip. Rose petal and lychee drift up from the glass, followed by a wave of warm spice, ginger and a suggestion of cardamom that settles in behind the fruit.
It is rich enough to feel indulgent but keeps enough acidity to stay graceful. If you have only ever drunk neutral whites, this is the bottle that shows you how loud a white wine is allowed to be.
Best food white: Fortune Favors Vermentino
Vermentino is the grape of sun-bleached coastlines and sea air, and this California take is breezy, bright and almost saline in its freshness.
Lime zest and green apple arrive first, snappy and clean. A delicate white-blossom note drifts through the middle. Then comes a distinctive herbal edge, almost like fresh fennel frond, that gives the wine its personality. The finish is long and pleasantly bitter, in the way the best aperitivo is.
Two other whites deserve a mention here. La Pluma Chenin Blanc finds a lovely middle ground with ripe pear, golden apple and a calming chamomile note. Mr. B Riesling leans aromatic and sunny, with peach, apricot and honeycomb over a bracing acidity.
The best red wines
Best silky red: Stealing Thunder Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is the most seductive grape in the world and it knows it. This one opens with a hush: red cherry, pomegranate and dried rose petal, layered and lovely.
The palate is silky and medium-bodied, with the gossamer texture only Pinot produces. Earthy notes run underneath like a current, forest floor and a hint of mushroom, and the tannins are fine and barely there. The finish is soft and long.
This is the red for people who find big reds tiring, and the one most likely to convert a dedicated white drinker.
Best serious red: Mr. B Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet the way it should be, unhurried and unapologetic. Dark fruit first, blackcurrant, plum and a ripe but never jammy black cherry, then structure: firm tannins that give the wine its backbone without roughness.
Cedar and a faint earthiness sit underneath, like forest floor after rain. The brand describes it as a wine that opens up over the course of an evening, and that is the right way to drink it.
For something darker still, Wild Child Mourvedre is deep and brooding, almost inky at the edges, with blackberry, black olive and a savory, almost meaty undercurrent. It is tannic and structured and asks for your full attention.
The best easy-drinking bottles
Best weeknight pours
Not every bottle needs to be an event. Three from the range are built for casual drinking.
- Andiamo Summer Sparkling. Playful and light on its feet, fizzy and fresh, with stone fruit leading and a whisper of citrus. Best served cold, best enjoyed outside.
- Balance of Powers Rose. Fresh strawberry and juicy melon, delicate and refreshing. A porch wine and a beach wine, in the brand's own framing.
- Wild Child Spicy Rose. White peach, ripe melon and floral perfume, with a subtle honeyed roundness and a gentle heat on the finish that earns the name.
Andiamo Montepulciano belongs in this group too, rich and generous with ripe blackberry and warm spice. As the brand notes, Andiamo means "let's go".
Best slightly chilled red: Balance of Powers Cotes du Rhone
This one comes with a usage instruction worth following. Deep, dark and full of southern French soul, it opens with bold ripe black currant and star anise, warm and gently spiced.
In Good Taste suggests trying it slightly chilled, which brightens everything and makes it as easy to reach for as a rose. If you have never chilled a red, this is a low-risk place to start.
Wild Child Grenache is the other pick in this mood: lush raspberry and strawberry, white pepper drifting in behind, soft tannins and a silky body. Andiamo Sangiovese rounds it out with ripe cherry, dried herbs, leather and a long, slightly savory finish.
How to choose between them
If you are buying one bottle, choose by texture rather than color. Want something light and lifted? Sparkling Brut or Vermentino. Something aromatic and memorable? Gewurztraminer. Something silky? Pinot Noir. Something with grip? Cabernet or Mourvedre.
If you are buying several, mix across categories rather than stacking three similar reds. That is the same logic the tasting flights use, and it is the fastest route to learning your own preferences. Our roundup of the best craft food and drink brands takes a similar approach across other categories.
One practical note: several 750ml listings carry a Member Exclusive line about logging in to check out with big bottles, and Advent 750ml bottles are listed as beginning shipping in July 2026. Check the product page dates before you plan around a delivery.
The bottom line
The strength of this range is spread. There is a red sparkling, a loud aromatic white, a delicate Pinot, a structured Cabernet, two roses with different personalities and a Cotes du Rhone that wants to be chilled. Very few direct-to-door wine ranges cover that much ground.
If you are buying for someone else rather than yourself, our guide to gifts people actually keep is worth a read first, since wine only lands well when it matches the recipient's taste rather than yours.
Compare the full 750ml lineup and current tasting flights at In Good Taste.