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Now that the weather has started heating up, I find myself turning more to white wines. Here is a mélange of choices for white-wine drinkers.

I don?t like big, oaky, alcoholic chardonnays in general, and I really shy away from them in hot weather. But a very refreshing new chardonnay is the 2005 Baileyana ?Grand Firepeak Cuvee? Chardonnay ($31) from Edna Valley. The wine displays bright lemon, green apple and pineapple flavors, some mineral nuances and a nice creaminess. Winemaker Christian Roguenant hasn?t relied on lots of new oak to pump up his wine: The delicious fruit and juicy acidity carry the flavors through to a long finish.

If you?re looking for something sweeter that?s still refreshing, there?s the 2006 Martin & Weyrich Moscato Allegro ($12), an extremely perfumey wine made from the muscat canelli grape and modeled after some of the moscatos of northern Italy. It?s medium-sweet and very floral, with flavors of peach and apricot and a slight spritz. The wine would work with a not-too-sweet dessert, but it?s also a lovely aperitif.

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