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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.67 $24.08
12 bottles: $17.49
APPEARANCE: Light straw. NOSE: Typical of Gavi, fine and pleasently fresh. PALATE: Delicate, very dry, characterized...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $34.93 $35.99
12 bottles: $34.23
This has aromas of sliced apples, fresh pears, lemons and melon. Creamy and fresh with a light to medium body and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.13
12 bottles: $17.77
Tenuous straw-yellow color with greenish reflections. An intense and fine odor with persistent fruity and flowery...
White
750ml
Bottle: $11.51
12 bottles: $11.28
Young fresh, fruity and lively wine. Its aroma reminds us of apple and pear with citric notes. Refreshing in the...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $15.94
Straw yellow color with green trim. Notes of citrus, flowers and wild aromatic plants. On the palate it is a pure...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.09
Straw yellow color with green trim. Notes of citrus, flowers and wild aromatic plants. On the palate it is a pure...
White
750ml
Bottle: $17.05
12 bottles: $16.71
This wine is obtained by smoothly pressing the Cortese grapes grown in the villages of Gavi and Novi Ligure. Gavi is...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $13.80
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.58
100% Cortese. The perfect white to stock your fridge with when friends and family come over. Beautiful apricot and...
White
750ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $12.35
100% Cortese. The grapes used in this classic example of Gavi grew in the shadow of “Il Forte,” the iconic...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $18.00
Amber colour, on the nose it is intense and complex, highlighting the floral part (orange blossom, rosé), and...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.90
Straw yellow with slightly greenish reflections. Intense scents of white flowers and fruit exacerbated by a delicate...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.94 $14.73
Made from 100% Cortese grapes, this delicious white is both soft and crisp. With a pleasant stony minerality, this...
White
750ml
Bottle: $46.00
6 bottles: $44.80
The Monterotondo is the Villa Sparina Cru obtained from rich, complex grapes from a historic, favourably exposed part...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $12.94 $13.87
12 bottles: $12.68
A tangy and fresh Gavi full of sliced apples, lemon zest and stones. Medium-bodied and textured on the palate with...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.80
12 bottles: $18.42
The Gavi DOCG del Comune di Gavi has always been integral to the historic identity of Villa Sparina. It is a great...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $50.95
The parcel is exceptional in that a vein of red clay runs through its schist. This soil character shines through the...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $49.12
The Pi Vell parcel ? located at an elevation of 260 meters ? offers a view of the Pyrenees and the Pic de Bugarach...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $41.95
Aromas and flavors of cedro with light floral and herbal touches. Fresh, tasty palate with a clean, persistent...
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Cortese Macabeo Malagousia

The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.

If you're looking for a Greek white wine packed full of interesting character and a wide range of unique and surprising aromas, then the wines made from the Malagousia grape varietal are unlikely to disappoint. Although this grape is said to have originated in and around Nafpaktos, in Western Greece, it is now most commonly grown, cultivated and processed in Greek Macedonia, where it is used to make high quality white wines of a highly aromatic nature. Indeed, Malagousia is renowned for producing wines which are full of unusual aromas, with many wines holding traces of jasmine, mint, citrus and exotic fruits, and occasionally a whole lot more.

It was the famous Greek wine maker Gerovassiliou who was said to be the first to experiment with the Malagousia grapes, which were previously used mainly by smallholders and families to produce simple house wines. Gerovassiliou recognized that Malagousia had the potential and the characteristics necessary for producing excellent quality wines, and before long, vineyards were being planted across Macedonia, the Peloponnese and Attica. Today, wines made with the Malagousia grapes tend to be full bodied, with a noticeable tannin content elegantly interplaying with the mellow, medium acidity of the wine. Such roundness allows all of these interesting and exciting flavors and aromas come forth, making for a truly fascinating and unique wine.

Additional Information on Greek Wines


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Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
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