Curl west along the coast from the well-trod slopes of Cinque Terre and past Genoa, and you’ll discover the Ligurian Riviera’s most delicious—yet virtually undiscovered—terroir for white wines. The precipitous hills of Liguria make Côte Rôtie look like a cakewalk, as in many parts steep, terraced hillsides run straight into the sea. This indomitable stony terroir, combined with a passion for fine and fresh, sun- and sea-kissed wines, is the calling card of this breathtaking region.  Pigato is Liguria’s most famous white wine, cultivated for more than a century on the region’s hillsides. It is richly aromatic, medium-bodied, with a slightly bitter finish that is well-suited to seafood as well as fresh pesto, a specialty of Genoa on the coast.  Yet unsurprisingly, few bottles from this region make it past these shores to cross the Atlantic as production is small and family wineries modest—which is why every bottle we discover for you is doubly precious.  Ligurian wines are definitely a secret worth discovering.