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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.40
12 bottles: $21.95
Color: Yellow straw colored. Nose: Floral with notes of grapefruit. Taste: Excellent sapidity.
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.95
12 bottles: $20.53
Pignatello aka Perricone and Nero d'Avola from 2ha of vineyards, planted 2003-2013. Guyot + Alberello. 140m asl....
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $19.85
12 bottles: $19.45
An intensely colored rosato filled with aromas of rose petals, fresh strawberries, violets and orange peel. Medium...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.88
12 bottles: $18.50
The 2021 Schioppettino Vini Orsone is nuanced in the glass, with only peppery wild berry and floral hints forming its...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.50
12 bottles: $22.05
Fragrant, intense and complex. Williams pear and hints of flowers. Solid structure, refined and with a remarkable...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.84
12 bottles: $19.44
Straw yellow in color with slight golden highlights. On the nose it has great intensity and complexity. It is...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.48
12 bottles: $22.03
Chopped apples, cream, lemons, flint and salted crackers. Layered and smooth, with a creamy texture and medium to...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $18.34
The typical regional cultivar in its most classic version. Floral nose with notes of apples, pears, light spices,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Lots of fruit and flowers here with a mixture of red and blue berries. Currants and blueberries. Juicy, vibrant fruit...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.99
This has aromas of dried violets, cranberries, cloves, olives and ash. Savory, with medium body and supple tannins. I...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $20.80
Clear, lustrous straw yellow in colour. The aroma is flowery, fine-grained and delicate, with notes of acacia blossom...
White
375ml
Bottle: $33.12
6 bottles: $32.46
COLOR: Golden yellow with amber highlights. NOSE: Nose of honey, apricot, citrus and dried figs. FLAVOR: Balanced and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.84 $12.05
COLOR: Intense, dark ruby red. NOSE: Notes of black fruit, blackberry and strawberries, flowers and herbs. FLAVOR:...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94 $20.72
COLOR: Ruby red color with purple highlights. NOSE: The bouquet on the nose is intense and rich, with luscious fruity...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $45.20
6 bottles: $41.60
Intense ruby red in color, with garnet hints. On the nose, the wine expresses floral notes with delicate and intense...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.93
12 bottles: $29.33
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
Juicy mulberry, blackberry, raspberry, orange and herb notes here, with a medium body and powdery tannins. Fruity and...
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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: $16.63 $18.48
12 bottles: $13.99
Merlot has settled in Sicily. The balanced and round character of this grape variety meets the Sicilian sun.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.63 $18.48
12 bottles: $13.59
Umami notes of soy sauce and black olives, a bit of mossy underbrush and berries swirl together on the nose of the...
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2021 Italy Cataluna Friuli-Venezia Giulia Sicily

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

The beautiful Spanish wine region of Catalunya has a history of viticulture which stretches back for over a thousand years, and has been influenced by a wide range of people who moved through the region, and brought their wine making skills and expertise with them. The region itself is a sizeable one, covering an area of sixty thousand hectares, and within this space there resides over two hundred individual wineries, ranging from small, independent and traditional ones to the larger, mass production bodegas known around the world. The terroir of Catalunya is varied, and ranges from being dry and arid, to more lush and green in the wetter parts of the region which are closer to the coast. This variation in terroir results in a fantastic range of grape varietals being grown, and a wide range of wine styles are produced within Catalunya.

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is an important Italian wine region, situated high in the northernmost parts of the country, and close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders. As such, there is a considerable Germanic influence on the wines of this region, with varietals such as Riesling growing alongside Italian classics such as Pinot Grigio. The finest wines of Friuli-Venezia Giulia are considered to be those which capture the alpine essence of the region, with its pine scented terroirs and crystal mountain waters which run down from the mountains. There are also several interesting lesser known grape varietals processed in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which gives the region a unique wine culture which the local wine makers are immensely proud of, and which makes the region a fascinating one to explore.

The beautiful island of Sicily has been growing grapevines and producing wines for thousands of years, ever since the ancient Greeks first landed on its golden shores and noticed the island's true potential as a haven for quality grapes. Today, the island is one of Italy's primary wine regions, and even though over eighty percent of Sicily's grapevines are used for the production of sweet fortified wines, the remaining wineries making other wine styles are renowned around the world for their quality and character. Indeed, Sicilian wineries are famed for their ability to capture something of the sun-drenched region in their wines, and the vines they cultivate benefit enormously from the almost constant sunshine and the incredibly fertile volcanic soils which typify the island.