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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $20.84 $21.60
12 bottles: $20.52
Intense citrus, peach, custard apple and toasted brioche aromas with a lush, creamy textured mousse and a...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $20.94
Bursting with vibrant pink grapefruit and red berry aromas; a complexity of brioche, hibiscus and lime zest with a...
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95
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $45.36 $73.94
A beautifully fine mousse indicates the class of this finely crafted wine. It has some weight, flavors of green...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $32.94
12 bottles: $32.28
A very elegant and creamy sparkling wine with a wonderful, seamless mouth feel. Plenty of berry and candied-citrus...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.47
Aromas of apricot, honeysuckle, and fresh fig overlie rich buttery, baked notes on the nose. The palate presents as a...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $24.30 $27.00
Here's a lovely sparkling wine that offers a floral fragrance of white flowers and tropical fruit. The palate...
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91
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.65 $30.46
Partially fermented in barrique, the NV Franciacorta Brut Rosé is an accessible blend of 40% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot...
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91
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $39.55 $45.20
A bubbly with richness and verve, this cuvee offers lilting apple tart, creme brulee and lemon verbena flavors that...
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94
Rapid Ship
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $12.90
12 bottles: $12.62
A delicate, well-balanced Prosecco, showing a good blend of baked apple, sour lemon and grapefruit, with a lightly...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.99
Ripe fruits of honeydew and yellow apple mingle with sourdough and fresh grass notes. Full-bodied and quite...
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93
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $9.94
12 bottles: $8.94
Bright yellow. Aromas of orange, pineapple and pear, plus a hint of musky herbs. Juicy and very fruity, with crisp...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $62.82 $69.80
Dark golden yellow, amber. Delicate vanilla oak scent, touch of port wine. Rose and violet. Fruity and jamy: apricot...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $239.94
The numbering indicates this is the 170th blending of this Champagne. This iteration has a fine poise—it's mature...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $227.46 $244.58
The tightness and tension of this is impressive considering the youngest wine from this is 2015 (hot and dry year),...
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Rapid Ship
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $39.20
12 bottles: $37.24
A smooth, gently round and nicely balanced Champagne dominant in pinot meunier, pinot noir and chardonnay to boot. It...
W&S
92
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92
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.99
Soft citrus and fresh white flower aromas create a breezy nose reminiscent of a summer afternoon. Flavors on the...
UBC
92
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $12.98
APPEARANCE: Bright Yellow. NOSE: Orchard Fruit. TASTE: Creamy, off-dry style with flavors of apple and pear with...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $20.00
12 bottles: $19.00
Year by year, the Brut Reserve vintage perpetuates with constancy and precision the essence of the Langlois...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $32.40 $49.94
Lanson Père & Fils Brut is an enriched evolution of the classic Lanson Le Black Label Brut. Named after the first...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $66.96 $72.00
Lovely classy green-gold colour shouts Chardonnay. Minerals, chalk, a hint of spices, and fine, fine tension in the...
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Champagne Blend Cognac Rapid Ship

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

For over three hundred years, Cognac has enjoyed its reputation as the king of brandies. Indeed, it is widely regarded as the finest drink to be distilled from grapes to be found anywhere in the world, and it is a testament to its producers and the master craftsmen who make it that this reputation has never faltered, and remains as strong as ever to this day.

Cognac is produced solely in the beautiful towns of Cognac and Jarnac, found about fifty miles north of Bordeaux, on the west coast of France. Here, around six thousand grape growers work exclusively in the production of white wine, used for the Cognac distilleries which are scattered throughout the region. The wines are made primarily from the Ugni Blanc or Trebbiano grape - one of the most commonly planted grape varietals in the world - which benefit from the cool, coastal climate and mineral rich soils which are found there. The wines themselves wouldn’t be suitable for drinking in themselves, as they are high in acid and low in alcohol, but this makes them ideal for distillation, and they can impart their wonderful, complex, rich flavors to the brandy.

Cognac varies quite significantly from bottle to bottle, depending on how long it has been aged for, and which appellation it comes from. The Cognac region is split into six separate Crus, all with their own distinctive characteristics, and the spirit can be aged from two years (VS) to six (Hors d’Age and Napoleon) and longer.