Here's a versatile and refreshing white wine to pair with a simple seafood-and-vegetable dish. The La Viarte 2018 Friuli Colli Orientali Pinot Grigio is an easy wine, but don't underestimate the texture and the depth of fruit. The white wines of Friuli are always characterized by a pretty sense of mild creaminess, and this wine exemplifies this nicely. There are delicate notes of toasted nut and poached pear on the close. Some 14,000 bottles were produced.

The 2014 Friuli Colli Orientali Pinot Grigio offers everything you look for in an easy-drinking Italian white. What the wine lacks in complexity, it delivers in freshness instead. Zesty citrus tones, white rose and honeydew melon emerge from the bouquet. This no-fuss Pinot Grigio washes down easily with seafood salad or shrimp risotto.

Crisp and clean, here is an easygoing and bright expression of Pinot Grigio with floral tones, passionfruit and peach. The aromas are not overblown or too intense.——M.L.(12/15/2009)—— 85

La Viarte’s fresh Pinot Grigio offers a pretty, luminous appearance and bright aromas of citrus, passionfruit and white stone. The wine is easy, tonic and tastes great with lightly grilled tuna.——M.L.(12/15/2009)—— 85