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Red
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Bottle: $14.44 $16.04
12 bottles: $13.99
This is an elegant wine with aromas of black cherry, cassis, plum, vanilla, oak and a hint of chocolate. In the glass...
White
375ml
Bottle: $12.34
12 bottles: $12.09
The 2019 Chardonnay Wetzel Family Estate is scented of green pears, white flowers, baker's yeast and cashews. The...
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Red
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Bottle: $13.22
12 bottles: $12.96
This wine impresses red wine lovers immediately with spicy aromas of cassis, black cherry, plum, vanilla, oak and...
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Red
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Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.44
This Cabernet is set each vintage as a Bordeaux blend, with soft and silky tannins and a plush, full mouth-feel...
Red
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Bottle: $22.94
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $17.94
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Plump and generous, with jammy cherry and raspberry flavors laced with black pepper and briar patch accents. Ends...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $41.80
12 bottles: $34.29
The 2016 Winemaker's Cuvée is medium to deep garnet-purple in color and scented of cassis, blackberries and...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $12.67 $14.08
12 bottles: $12.34
This white wine has aromas of fresh pineapple, white lily, jasmine, and passion fruit. It has flavors of honeydew...
White
375ml
Bottle: $11.94
12 bottles: $11.70
This brilliantly clear, pale-straw-colored Sauvignon Blanc is fresh, bright, and crisp. The wine opens with complex...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $10.99
Russian River Ranches is beautifully focused on the palate with flavors of crisp, zesty lemon, green apple, lime and...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $18.42 $19.39
12 bottles: $15.04
The first impression starts in the nose with deep, dark fruit aromas of blackberry, dark raspberry, and black...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $13.94 $14.95
12 bottles: $12.35
Classic aromas and flavors of ripe black currant, spicy tobacco and cedar are accompanied by full body and firm...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $11.92 $13.25
12 bottles: $10.45
Lemon curd, orange sherbet, pear and yellow apple flavors show notes of green tea, spice and ginger on a compact,...
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United States California Sonoma Valley 375ml

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.

California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.

California's beautiful and remarkably fertile Sonoma Valley has grown over the decades to become one of the United States' most respected and profitable wine regions, with wineries within the region benefiting from the superb Californian sunshine, low rainfall and wonderfully rich soils. Because of this vital combination of excellent conditions, the region is able to grow a wide range of grape varietals for use in the production of an impressive array of wines, with many different red and white wine grapes flourishing each year and producing excellent and characterful results. The soils have been enriched by volcanic activity, and the presence of geothermal springs, which make this region a unique one, and very much the beating heart of California's ever growing wine industry.