If you're curious about Italy's extreme alpine setting, Elisabetta Foradori's estate in Trentino's Dolomite Mountains is where to turn first. Hailed as the Queen of Biodynamics, Elisabetta's magical wines have an added layer of refinement and precision with each release and are endlessly fascinating.

An ancient variety native to Trentino, Foradori's Nosiola is delicate and reserved due to depleted limestone and clay soils. A long maceration on the skins in clay amphora slowly coaxes out its personality—a technique Elisabetta learned from visiting Giusto Occhipinti in Sicily.