To reach the heart of Basque wine culture you drive the rugged coastline to the fishing village of Getaria, where the Lazkano family has run Gaintza since the 1920s and the vines sit on cliffs above the crashing Bay of Biscay. Those vines take a constant beating from salty ocean wind, which sounds like a brutal way to farm and is precisely what gives real Getariako Txakolina its electric seaside energy. Made mostly from the indigenous Hondarrabi Zuri grape, the Blanco keeps its natural effervescence completely intact - this is txakoli as sea spray in a glass. Bone-dry, zippy, and absurdly crushable. Pour it from a height, the way they do in Getaria.