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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
• 100% Alvarinho. • From the sub-region of Monção and Melgaço. • Traditional method sparkler, aged 9 months...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $71.80
Intense yellow with highlights veering towards gold reflexes in color. Notes of fine tropical fruit with so, delicate...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $26.89
Pale yellow in color with greenish highlights and a rich tropical bouquet. Medium bodied on the palate with a...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $44.04
So pink, reflections veering towards salmon pink. Intense red berry and fruit compote aromas. Delicate but...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
12 bottles: $22.48
This sparkling Loureiro has a floral nose with hints of stone fruits that lead to flavors of peach, pear and citrus...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
This is a unique and delicious sparkling wine named after the ancient Greek god of shepherds, flocks, and rustic...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $24.90
12 bottles: $24.40
The 2019 sparkling wine vintage in the Willamette Valley was precise, full of beautiful natural acidity and tension...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
Planted in 1990, at 850 feet of elevation, the Dijon clone chardonnay planted in Julia Lee's Block furnishes this...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $66.68
6 bottles: $66.00
Disgorged in June of 2021, the 2011 Brut Extended Tirage has pretty scents of red berries, crushed herbs, lemon pith...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $24.59
12 bottles: $24.10
A balanced blend, Pinot Noir establishes a savory core, while Pinot Meunier brings floral characteristics and...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $27.82
12 bottles: $27.26
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $16.20 $18.00
6 bottles: $12.13
This pale straw-colored prosecco pours with a fine, persistent fizz. As the bubbles dissipate, subtly peachy and...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.94 $20.88
6 bottles: $19.54
Colour: Very delicate pink colour displayoing fine bright perlage. Aromas: The Col de Salici Rose is fresh, crispy,...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.00
12 bottles: $12.74
#BAE Sparkling Rose has abundant aromas of luscious fruits such as strawberries, gooseberries, and cherries, together...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.91
12 bottles: $15.59
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $7.99
Ballatore Gran Spumante Sparkling White Wine is sweet and crisp. Aromas of ripe peach and apricot combine with melon...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $23.64 $24.88
12 bottles: $19.00
This elegant, well-balanced wine is trim and compact, offering subtle crisp apple and bright lemon notes lightly...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.38 $17.09
12 bottles: $13.18
Bright crisp flavors of stone fruit and citrus. The label features everyone's favorite furry friend! Great sipping on...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Melon, pear, and stone fruit aromas with a touch of honey. A light palate with a loose, frothy mousse. Easy-drinking,...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
A bold perfume of roses, ruby red grapefruit, red currant, and white pepper is enthralling. Juicy, invigorating, and...
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Champagne Blend Colombard Japanese Whiskey 750ml

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.

Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.

The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.

Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.

While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.