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750ml - Case of 6
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$91.99
Aromatic, with hints of tea rose, graphite and bergamot, this creamy Champagne is svelte and well-knit, with bright...
750ml - Case of 6
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$79.94
This blend includes 50 percent pinot noir, 10 percent meunier and 40 percent chardonnay, aged seven years on the...
750ml
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$236.40
Intense aromas of candied citrus, grapefruit juice and lemon peel. Incredibly youthful for its age, with a chalky...
750ml
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$248.95
This is very lively and vibrant with a dense and rich center palate. Lots of complexity and balance with pastry,...
750ml
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$134.93
Features hints of white blossoms and truffle that serve as aromatic accents for the flavors of macerated raspberry...
700ml
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$177.84
The Grappa di Barbaresco Rabajà’s uniqueness is rooted in the vineyards from which it is made. Rabajà is regarded...
750ml
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$199.94
$220.08
#80 TOP 100 WINES OF FRANCE 2022. This has a gorgeous nose of pie crust, biscuit, dried apple, hazelnut and citrus...
1.5Ltr
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$444.94
6 bottles:
$436.04
The 2006 Extra Brut Premier Cru Millésime Terre is pure, fine and intense on the nose, with sweet cherry flavors and...
750ml
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$118.94
12 bottles:
$116.56
Light amber in color with a punchy nose and aromas of light tobacco, toasted oak with spicy fruit and a hint of...
750ml - Case of 6
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$138.95
The 2006 Brut Cuvée Nicolas François is showing superbly, bursting with aromas of warm bread, citrus oil, wild...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$349.84
This is a laser-guided Champagne with fabulous energy and intensity with a tight palate, racy acidity and super fine...
750ml - Case of 6
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$124.95
This is a laser-guided Champagne with fabulous energy and intensity with a tight palate, racy acidity and super fine...
750ml - Case of 3
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$477.28
#74 Wine of the World 2022. Baked raspberries, salted yellow plums, figs, walnuts, orange zest, mahogany and some...
750ml - Case of 3
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$530.95
750ml - Case of 6
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$224.56
750ml - Case of 6
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$263.77
Aromas of red berries, orange rind, dried flowers, warm brioche and spices introduce the 2007 Brut Rosé Cuvée...
750ml - Case of 6
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$210.95
750ml - Case of 6
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$159.64
The velvety texture of this finely knit Champagne ripples on your palate, highlighting flavors of ginger-infused...
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Boerl & Kroff Champagne Brut 2006
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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The 2006 Brut wafts from the glass with aromas of ripe citrus fruit, warm bread, smoke and honeycomb that mingle with...
Champagne Blend Grappa Rum 2006 2007
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.
Like so many of the great spirits of Europe, Grappa was born from a need to make resources go that little bit further, to eke out the last drop of flavor and potential from the crops of winemakers. Indeed, Italian vintners invented Grappa as a way to make use of the pomace - leftover grape skins, stems, pulp and seeds - which remained after the juice was extracted from the fruit needed to make wine. Over the centuries, the process was refined, and the distillation of Grappa became an art in itself. Today, top Grappa producers use a range of state of the art equipment, from continuous stills to pot stills, to manufacture a wide variety of Grappas, each with their own distinct characteristics.
Most of us know Grappa from our local Italian restaurants, where it is commonly served as a digestif. However, in the twenty first century, there is a high interest in unique, boutique Grappas, which showcase the talent of the distillers through a range of interesting qualities. Grappa can be aged in oak, in which case it takes on a beautiful golden color, quite different from the clear Grappas we are most familiar with. The high end Grappas are a world away from the harsh spirit many of us have encountered, and have a smooth, gentle quality which can be nothing short of a revelation.
It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.
Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.
The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.