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Spirits
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Bottle: $95.99 $101.04
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Truly excellent tequila is something worth searching for, savoring, and celebrating. At 818, we bring you tequila...
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Bottle: $46.16 $48.59
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At Tequileña in the eponymous town of Tequila, Jalisco, home to a range of celebrated tequilas, Master Distiller...
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Spirits
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Bottle: $88.58 $93.24
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Casa Dragones Barrel Blend, 100% Blue Agave Añejo sipping tequila, achieves its distinctive character from being...
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Bottle: $52.10 $54.84
12 bottles: $41.04
Mild, sweet mango and coconut aromas lead into a mouthwateringly tart, fruity palate. Vanilla and coconut take over...
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Bottle: $64.98 $68.40
Goes well with starters, cooked sea food, cooked meats and Burgundian snails
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375ml
Bottle: $69.25 $72.90
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Rated 98 - A heart-melting perfume of cinnamon-dusted rose petals…and fresh agave lead the way. - The Tasting Panel
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Bottle: $95.20 $100.21
Triple distilled and oak rested for a smooth and full-bodied flavor. COLOR: Crystal clear. AROMA: Fresh agave,...
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This is a wonderful, flamboyant chardonnay with density and layers of fruit, as well as all the trimmings, from apple...
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The 2022 Salus is rich and expressive with heady aromas of honeysuckle and chamomile surrounding a core of...
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12 bottles: $18.55
Alluring lemon leaf, green apple; orange blossom, lemon peel and hints of vanilla. Beautifully balanced fruit and...
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Bottle: $36.94
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A classic ice-wine style. Deep golden color, with vibrant, pure fruit aromas of ripe apricot, pineapple, and lychee....
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Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.

Tequila is probably Mexico’s greatest gift to the world of fine spirits, and is also possibly one of the most underestimated and misunderstood drinks in the world. Widely used for shots and slammers, and more often than not associated with parties and hangovers, Tequila is in fact a wonderful drink full of subtleties and expression of terroir, that is highly rewarding for those who look into its finer points.

One of the special things about Tequila is the fact that it is capable of expressing the fine nuances and subtle notes of its raw material, far more so than other, similar spirits. That raw material is, of course, the Blue Agave - not a cactus, as is commonly believed, but rather a succulent quite like a lily, which grows in the deserts of Mexico mainly around the province of Jalisco. The Blue Agave takes a decade to mature, and during those ten years, it takes in many of the features of its surroundings, just like a grapevine would. This is why Tequila varies in flavor and aroma from region to region, from the earthier Tequilas of the lowlands, to the more delicate and floral examples from areas of a higher altitude.

The picking and peeling of the spiky Agave, and the distillation process of Tequila is a complicated one, and one which is carried out with enormous skill by the jimadors and master craftsmen who produce the spirit. Steam cooking of the body of the plant is followed by crushing, then fermentation and distillation completes the process. The end product is categorized according to whether or not it is made with pure (‘puro’) agave, or blended with other sugars, and according to how long the spirit is aged for.