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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.86 $18.80
12 bottles: $17.42
Colour: Straw yellow. Perlage: Fine and persistent. Fragrance: Delicate fruity aromas, notes of bread crust and...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $22.00
12 bottles: $21.56
The 2021 Brut Nature Valdobbiadene Sui Lieviti is intense, wafting up with a burst of sea spray, chlorophyll and...
VM
91
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.60
12 bottles: $19.21
The 2021 Extra Brut Valdobbiadene Rive di Col S. Martino Castel de Donà is a total pleasure, lifting up with a...
VM
93
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.60
12 bottles: $19.21
Fresh and balanced, with a waft of orange blossoms and a hint of stony mineral layered with flavors of yellow pear...
WS
89
VM
88
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $21.24 $23.60
Light and refreshing, with pleasant notes of citrus, honeysuckle and wet stone. Lively acidity, purity, precision,...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.13
12 bottles: $17.77
Color: Light yellow with greenish reflections. Bouquet: Delicate hints of apple accompanied by citrus notes. Taste:...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $22.95
12 bottles: $22.49
60% Malvasia di Candia Aromatica/20% Trebbiano/15% Ortrugo/3% Sauvignon/2% Marsanne. Campedello is the name of the...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $22.95
12 bottles: $22.49
100% Ortrugo. Lubigo (or "landslide" in local dialect) is the name of the estate parcel in this wine. The soils are...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $67.94 $74.48
6 bottles: $66.58
A very attractive Franciacorta that frames Thai desserts and Cornish pasties against a sea of lemons and limes....
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92
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92
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $24.10
12 bottles: $23.62
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Sparkling
187ml
Bottle: $14.11
12 bottles: $13.83
This Extra Dry Millesimato Prosecco is obtained through soft pressing of the Glera and Pinot Nero grapes which have...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.95
12 bottles: $15.63
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $20.08
12 bottles: $15.04
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.15 $21.28
12 bottles: $16.65
This mouthwatering rose is finely detailed and lacy in texture, with delicate notes of Honeycrisp apple, white...
WS
89
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $15.00
Case only
Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $16.66
A refined selection of Glera and Pinot Noir grapes of the same vintage, vinified using the Charmat method, creates an...
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Sparkling
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.50
12 bottles: $17.15
The 2021 Vino Frizzante Anabla is very pretty. Peach skin, chamomile and sweet smoke notes form its bouquet. This...
VM
89
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.89
The 2021 Frizzante Pignoletto Doppio Bianco is a sparkling Grechetto that wafts up with a spicy mix of ginger, crisp...
VM
88
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $16.50
12 bottles: $16.17
100% Lambrusco Salamino (a particular sub-variety of Lambrusco known for thick skins, dark color, high acidity and...
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Champagne Blend 2012 2021 Italy

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

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.