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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.89 $18.34
100% Godello • from various midslope plots with south and southwest exposition • slate soils • Hand-harvested...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $29.90 $32.88
6 bottles: $29.30
A delicately aromatic white wine displaying layered notes of lavender, citrus blossom, and kumquat with hints of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $10.53 $11.70
Clean pale yellow color. Nose fruity, persistent and elegant aromas. Good backbone on the palate.
White
750ml
Bottle: $29.95
12 bottles: $29.35
Grillo from contrada Rina Vecchia, in Castelvetrano, about an hour's drive from the Baracco cellar. Vines planted in...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $45.03
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.80
12 bottles: $22.34
The 2022 Frappato impresses with its soaring aromatics, blending violet pastille with sweet smoke and crushed...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.80
12 bottles: $22.34
100% Frappato.
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $24.94
Pale yellow to the eye, this wine has honeydew melon, apricot and smoke aromas. Vivid peach and yellow-plum flavors...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $22.80
An intense and complex nose of ripe fruits, lime, fennel and mint. The apple, melon and peach fruit flavors carry on...
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750ml - Case of 4
Bottle: $45.03
The nose highlights its aromatic intensity and great personality with citrus, pink grapefruit, fennel, mint and a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
12 bottles: $22.48
The white 2021 Ultreia Godello shows freshness, restraint, balance and good freshness, with a very low pH of 3.19. It...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.88 $24.08
6 bottles: $18.41
From the Sicilian dialect, “frappatu” indicates the fruit fragrance that unequivocally defines the wine bouquet...
White
750ml
Bottle: $32.95
6 bottles: $32.29
100% Godello from 30 year old vines in red clay soils. Grapes are destemmed and left on the skins for 24 hours....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.93 $26.40
White
750ml
Bottle: $18.95
12 bottles: $18.57
100% Grillo from the east-facing Contrada Modica vineyard, planted in 2011, trained in guyot. 360m above sea level,...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $16.25
A fine and persistent wine, with notes of fruit and citrus. A dry and balanced flavor, of intense persistence.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.35
12 bottles: $17.98
Sliced lemons, freshly cut grass, citrus blossom and crushed stones on the nose. Medium-bodied, crisp and pure with...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $43.05 $46.00
Clean and vibrant with a straw yellow color. The nose stands out for the intensity and complexity of its aromas but...
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Frappato Godello Grillo Japanese Whiskey 750ml

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.