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Bottle: $11.94 $13.01
An excellent deep, spicy, intriguing red wine from Sicily, the 2023 Nero d’Avolo is a tank-fermented and aged, dark...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.95
12 bottles: $20.53
There is a new red blend (well, it's very pale, almost a rosé) produced with different Criolla grapes (Cereza,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.93 $21.00
12 bottles: $18.81
50% Barbera/50% Dolcetto (a strain of it called Nibio). The fruit is destemmed, crushed and spontaneously...
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Bottle: $21.20
12 bottles: $20.78
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.92
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A fragrant nose full of vivid strawberries and sweet cherries. Tight and lightly chewy on the palate with plenty of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $88.81 $92.00
#19 TOP 100 WINES OF ARGENTINA, 2022. This has a complex nose of baked blackberries, grilled plums, dried earth,...
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Red
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Nicolás Catena Zapata has an intense, deep purple color with bluish-black tones. On the nose, aromas of black fruits...
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750ml
Bottle: $15.90 $16.66
This shows aromas of ripe blackberries and blueberries, vanilla, licorice, dark chocolate and sweet tobacco. Hints of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.95 $23.28
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A pretty profound nose with hints of mineral, wild herbs, violets and asphalt on top of the currants and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.62 $15.13
The 2022 Nero d'Avola mixes sweet herbal tones with crushed black cherries and wet stone to form an inviting bouquet....
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $16.50
Color: Intense red color. Aroma: Complex wine with aromas of ripe fruits and spices- subtle aromas of toast, nut and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.71 $17.59
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Deep ruby red color with dark cherry and plum aromas. Rich dark fruit character with silky tannins.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.91 $16.75
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Semi-sparkling aromatized wine-product cocktail presenting a shining ruby red colour, intensely fruity and pleasantly...
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750ml
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.64
Nero d’Avola, guyot, planted in 2011, harvested in late September at 42 hl/ha. Destemmed and crushed, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.57 $18.49
12 bottles: $11.53
Our Sweet Red is bright and delicious with flavors of juicy blackberry, raspberry, and cherry. Each sip is full...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.63 $18.48
12 bottles: $13.59
Umami notes of soy sauce and black olives, a bit of mossy underbrush and berries swirl together on the nose of the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.90
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Chocolate, cassis, plums, walnuts and grilled herbs on the nose. Firm and chewy tannins, with a full body and dense,...
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750ml
Bottle: $37.94
This is really classy with deep blackberry, violet and blueberry aromas and flavors. It’s full-bodied and super...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $11.94
Colour: Ruby red. Bouquet: Fruity and aromatic, with notes of reds fruits. Palate: Delicate, slightly sweet and...

Nero D'avola Red Blend Argentina Italy 750ml

Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.



Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.

As the world's fifth largest producer of wine, after France, Italy, Spain and the United States, Argentina has plenty to offer the international wine market in regards to both quantity and quality. Despite this being the case for several decades now, it has only been since the end of the twentieth century that the Argentinian wine industry has really begun to up their game when it comes to the methods and techniques required to produce world class wines, which are both representative of their country and region of origin, and which stand alone as complex, interesting and delicious wines to drink. As Argentina became a serious contender in the international wine market, wineries previously concerned primarily with high volumes began to change their priorities, and formerly struggling small bodegas and independent wineries began to find success. Nowadays, well crafted wines from smaller vineyards in Argentina are being lauded as some of the finest in the world, and the country is starting to reap the benefits of its heritage, which include some very old vines, and up to four centuries of experience in wine production.

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.