I love shrimp scampi.
I used to make it for my Mom at the holidays, she also loved it.
I always made it with a good, dry white wine, fresh lemon, fresh garlic, good butter, and fresh herbs, and freshly grated parm.
I always served it over angel hair or rice.
Some years ago we had a guy do concrete work in my community. Come the holidays he gave us (board members) a couple of cases of white wine from Portugal (where he came from).
The stuff was absolutely awful. Undrinkable, as far as I'm concerned, VERY dry, and just... harsh.
On a whim I tried making scampi with it, and it was the most monumental shrimp scampi I've ever had. There was something about that wine that just worked in spectacular fashion with the other flavors.