A glass of Burgundy sipped during dinner. A chilled Chardonnay while the sun goes down. A sparkling Champagne at a wedding. Typically, a glass of wine is something savored. Except in one quiet town in ...

Lively and bright, Albariño is easy to drink. “This wine is like water—in a good way,” observed my friend Julie when I poured her a taste of an Albariño recently.