- You want the established dry Pinot Grigio reference
- Clean citrus and orchard fruit are the brief
- Brand familiarity matters for a group
The Grocery Store Wine verdict
Santa Margherita
Pinot Grigio
Santa Margherita is the polished Pinot Grigio benchmark, but it asks a serious premium for history, consistency and recognition. Buy it when that exact dry, clean house style matters—not because price alone proves more character.
- Region
- Valdadige DOC
- Grape
- Pinot Grigio
- The release we researched
- Current release
- Price context
- 10 exact store checks below
What it costs
Exact regular prices from dated store checks.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$33.49
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$32.99
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$31.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$29.99
- King Soopers, Colorado Springs, CO$29.99
- Fry's, Tucson, AZ$27.99
- Smith's, Las Vegas, NV$38.49
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$34.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$29.99
- Ralphs, Long Beach, CA$32.99
Observed at specific stores; your store will vary. A price target, not an ad.
Santa Margherita is the polished Pinot Grigio benchmark, but it asks a serious premium for history, consistency and recognition. Buy it when that exact dry, clean house style matters—not because price alone proves more character.
Our call uses producer and regional evidence, dated public ratings and the bottle’s position in the aisle. Price never enters the GSW Score.
- You are shopping for value first
- You want texture, oak or aromatic intensity
- The unresolved market ABV matters
Serve chilled, then let the glass warm enough to show aroma and texture.
Match the bottle’s crisp white structure, sweetness and acidity to the food rather than to the label’s prestige.
The release and package behind our call.
We researched this release from the producer's own material and current retail listings. We haven't held this exact bottle yet — when we do, we'll say so.
Current product profile
- Retailer-supplied source identifier
- 0063298720020 retailer listing evidence
What to expect in the glass.
Region, production, chemistry and house style point to a clear sensory profile. This is the profile we would buy against.
Producer style and no-skin-contact production
Producer positioning
Producer description
Producer description
Understanding Valdadige DOC without flattening it.
Valdadige is a cross-regional Alpine valley designation. River terraces, mountain air and the long north-south corridor matter, while the broad DOC still stops short of one site.
A protected place
A protected denomination following the Adige River corridor through parts of Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto.
The climate frame
Mountain influence, valley airflow and pronounced day-night shifts temper the growing season along the Adige corridor.
What can be claimed
Glacial, fluvial and alluvial deposits vary along the river valley; a generic DOC bottling cannot be tied to one parcel geology.
Scale, without the fog
- Regulatory frame
- Variety, zone and labeling rules are set by the Valdadige production specification. established
Subregions worth tracking
- Production zone
- The denomination crosses provincial and regional boundaries along the Adige valley. established
- Release limit
- The bottle’s producer record, not the DOC alone, must establish grape source and cellar practice. disclosed
What is specific to this Current release bottle.
Santa Margherita offers a clean technical story and an established style, but the premium is brand- and history-led. Its tiny Kroger sample should not overrule much larger Target and Total Wine audiences.
Production
The grapes are pressed without skin contact and fermented under temperature control; the producer identifies a 100% Pinot Grigio wine.
Taste claim
Producer-stated dry, crisp citrus-and-orchard-fruit profile.
Santa Margherita
The named producer is established; current corporate ownership is not inferred beyond the reviewed producer material.
Santa Margherita dates its Pinot Grigio project to 1961 and describes the dry white style as a break from the then-common pink form of the grape.
The producer publishes 100% Pinot Grigio, no skin contact, temperature-controlled fermentation and detailed Adige-valley sourcing context.
- Composition
- 100% Pinot Grigio producer stated
- Alcohol
- Producer states 12.5% ABV; the Target listing states 12% conflicted
- Production
- No skin contact; temperature-controlled fermentation producer stated
- Retailer-reported package
- 3.01 × 11.13 × 3.01 in; 3.13 lb gross; net weight not supplied disclosed
What is still open.
Conflicts and missing evidence stay visible until a physical bottle or stronger source settles them.
- Source identifier
- The retailer-supplied source identifier fails a GTIN check-digit test and is not a certified physical barcode. disclosed
- Physical shelf match
- Not yet acquired; vintage, lot, importer and physical barcode remain unverified not found
- Artwork
- Approved artwork is missing. The page uses the reserved placeholder path. not found
- Retailer data conflict 1
- Producer and Target records disagree on alcohol; the physical market bottle must settle the value. conflicted
Claims stay attached to evidence.
Every claim on this page shows where we found it and when we last checked. If we got something wrong, tell us — we fix it in public.
SourcePublisher / how strong the source isChecked
Valdadige DOC production rules ↗
Ministero dell’Agricoltura, della Sovranità Alimentare e delle ForesteDenomination and production-zone boundary
Santa Margherita release and producer record ↗
Santa MargheritaRelease, production, taste and producer facts
Dated retailer product record
KrogerPackage, identifier and data-quality checks
Kroger product rating ↗
Kroger3.67 / 5 from 3 ratings
Target product rating ↗
Target4.50 / 5 from 96 ratings
Total Wine product rating ↗
Total Wine4.70 / 5 from 613 ratings
Front, back, fine print.
The label, the barcode, and the fine print — captured so you can read what the bottle actually says.
- Primary retailer identifier
- 0063298720020
- Editorial status
- Verdict published
- Artwork class
- Clean packshot
- How much we know
- Region and release researched
