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Red
375ml
Bottle: $14.44 $16.04
12 bottles: $13.99
This is an elegant wine with aromas of black cherry, cassis, plum, vanilla, oak and a hint of chocolate. In the glass...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.44
This Cabernet is set each vintage as a Bordeaux blend, with soft and silky tannins and a plush, full mouth-feel...
Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $65.94
The acidity of the Riesling grape keeps this sweet dessert wine in balance with notes of honey and caramel.
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $11.70
12 bottles: $11.12
Big blast of cedar, cigar box, and blackberry aromas with hints of olive. Jam-packed flavors of plum, black olive,...
Red
375ml
Bottle: $11.00
12 bottles: $10.45
This wine is rich, concentrated with aromas of blackberry, mulberry, clove and violet on the nose. The mid palate has...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $45.04 $50.04
Plush, caressing style, with creamed boysenberry and blackberry flavors liberally laced with mocha and singed...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $12.50
Cancello del Sole Cabernet Sauvignon is a refined and expressive red wine, whose grapes, before being harvested,...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $13.45 $14.95
12 bottles: $12.72
The 2022 vintage shows characteristics that are rich and sophisticated on the nose with currant, black cherry, cedar...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $34.95 $38.83
12 bottles: $33.06
Aromas of wet stone, gravel and blackcurrant. Full-bodied with fine, velvety tannins. Juicy, bright and fresh. Lovely...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $10.09 $10.62
24 bottles: $7.67
Created in 1860, Early Times grew up during the early days of the country, when most of America was still country....
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Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $7.83
Ruby red in color, with aromas of ripe strawberries, black currants, and a touch of chocolate on the nose. The fresh...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $31.00 $34.44
12 bottles: $26.60
Packed and broad in feel, with a ganache note draped over black currant, blackberry and steeped cherry. Licorice root...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $8.99
Fireball is made with Canadian whisky and natural cinnamon flavours. It's certainly very cinnamony, and it's not too...
Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $8.74
24 bottles: $6.60
Red
375ml
Bottle: $38.25
12 bottles: $37.49
Lush and gratifying in feel, this delivers waves of creamy plum, blackberry and boysenberry compote, along with...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $30.60
12 bottles: $27.36
A fresh and clean Napa cabernet with blackcurrants and hints of fresh herbs, such as parsley and thyme....
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $34.84
12 bottles: $34.14
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Grown is a firm, classically built wine that is going to need a few years to come...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $35.75 $36.40
12 bottles: $35.04
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $14.45 $15.21
12 bottles: $10.46
Aromatics of plum, sweet herb and cedar lead to fruity flavors of dark fruit and red delicious apple. This Cabernet...
Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $22.75
A classic Manhattan cocktail exuding timeless sophistication and elegance. Rich and smooth, it entices with notes of...
UBC
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American Whiskey Cabernet Sauvignon Gamay Ice Wine 375ml

The United States of America is a country of great cultural diversity, influenced by migrating nations from across the world. As such, its whiskey industry is a fascinating and complex one, which represents the range of regional differences found there.

The Irish were the original pioneers of American whiskey, and when they emigrated in their thousands from the old country, they brought their skills, knowledge and distillation techniques with them, to give them something to remind each other of home in the New World. This is why American whiskey goes by the Irish spelling, with the additional ‘e’, and why many traditional American whiskies closely resemble the original Irish style.

Today, there are several different types of American whiskey, and the styles and production techniques are now set out in US federal law, cementing a set of characteristics and production methods to preserve and protect the industry.

Corn whiskey, which is made from a minimum 80% corn in the mash and aged for a short period, is probably the most historic of the American whiskey styles, but others like rye whiskey, which is made from a minimum of 51% rye and aged in charred barrels, are growing in popularity among a new generation of drinkers looking for something unique, interesting and independently produced. Alongside these styles, we find Tennessee whiskey, which uses maple charcoal for sweeter notes, the softer wheat whiskies, the world-dominating Bourbon whiskies, and others which are peculiar to specific states and regions.

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.