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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $12.57
Color: Straw yellow with green reflections. Nose: There are floral shades of white flowers. Palate: In the mouth, it...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $27.00
Lots of fresh flowers, limes, sliced apples and honeysuckle on the nose with candied lemon and heather notes....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
12 bottles: $15.62
Straw yellow colour with golden reflections; mellow citrus fruits and delicate vanilla floral notes fill the nose; to...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $25.94 $28.08
6 bottles: $24.00
San Giovanni della Sala shows a light straw color with greenish highlights. On the notes, pleasurable notes of...
White
750ml
Bottle: $16.66
12 bottles: $16.33
Colour: Yellow with greenish reflections. Nose: Floral notes.
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
6 bottles: $19.54
This wine is beautifully complex. The color is deep ruby. The nose is on red fruit ( cherry ) mixed with spicy notes....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $74.98
12 bottles: $73.49
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.51
12 bottles: $14.21
Red wine with bright cherry colour. Aromatic expression of flowers and red fruit with balsamic notes. In the mouth...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Crushed raspberries, wild strawberries, nutmeg and chocolate orange on the nose. Some green olives, too. It’s...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $58.94
6 bottles: $57.76
The Garnacha grapes from La Figuera produce wines with a unique color range, tender and fluid; with a fresh aroma, of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.05
12 bottles: $11.81
The 2022 Bianco Terre Siciliane shows crushed rocks, citrus zest and white flowers. It opens with a pleasant inner...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $29.94 $32.00
White
750ml
Bottle: $27.00
12 bottles: $26.46
100% Malvasia di Candia Aromatica. The soil of Croci's steep, southeast-facing hillside vineyard is mainly a crumbly,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $31.75 $35.28
6 bottles: $31.20
This has aromas of grilled pineapple, papaya and chamomile with some distinct smoky and ashy undertones....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.88
12 bottles: $31.24
The 2021 Grenache Noir comes from five vineyards with younger vines than the Chenin, mainly planted in the early...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.80
12 bottles: $22.34
90% Pecorino &Chardonnay/10% Trebbiano. The majority of the Concrete Bianco blend comes from De Fermo's 2.5 ha. of...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Color: A young ruby red wine with violet hues. Aroma: Fresh on the nose with fruity aromas of raspberry, strawberry...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $12.75
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $18.28
Liquorice on the nose with bright violet notes and hints of mint. Fresh, juicy yet powerful wine with soft tannins...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.84 $15.91
The dark-fruited 2020 IGP CĂ´tes Catalanes Nicolas is 100% Grenache and made from vines averaging 65 years of age....
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Grenache Italian White Blends Japanese Whiskey 750ml

The purple skinned grapes of the Grenache varietal have quickly become one of the most widely planted red wine grapes in the world, flourishing in several countries which have the correct conditions in which they can grow to ripeness. They thrive anywhere with a dry, hot climate, such as that found in central Spain and other such arid areas, and produce delightfully light bodied wines full of spicy flavors and notes of dark berries. Their robustness and relative vigor has led them being a favorite grape varietal for wineries all over the world, and whilst it isn't uncommon to see bottles made from this varietal alone, they are also regularly used as a blending grape due to their high sugar content and ability to produce wines containing a relatively high level of alcohol.

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.