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750ml
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$29.95
12 bottles:
$29.35
The 2020 Cerasuolo di Vitoria is peppery and perfumed, with a dusting of autumnal spices giving way to red currants...
750ml
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$31.75
$35.28
6 bottles:
$31.20
Single-crop Nerello Mascalese, native variety grown in free-standing and espalier over 12 hectares of vines at an...
750ml
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$22.31
12 bottles:
$21.86
Lots of blackberry and asphalt aromas and flavors. Medium body, round and creamy tannins and a juicy finish....
750ml
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$29.60
Pale ruby red, Sul Vulcano offers an elegant bouquet with notes of wild berries (strawberry and red currant) and...
750ml - Case of 12
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$20.90
Notes of blackberries and dried strawberries with chocolate, toasted cedar and cigar ash. Firm and textured with a...
750ml - Case of 12
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$31.26
Aromas of yellow wild flowers, acacia honey, and yellow apple are offset by savory dried herbs. The palate is gentle...
750ml
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$47.69
$50.80
12 bottles:
$47.12
Dark plum aromas with salt, ash and stone. Medium to full body, chewy tannins and a juicy finish. Round, creamy...
750ml
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$11.55
$12.50
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$11.32
750ml - Case of 12
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$15.05
The nose of this wine alternates between smoky, spicy and sweet with red pepper, grilled meat, hibiscus and...
750ml
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$29.94
12 bottles:
$29.34
A careful selection of indigenous grape varieties of Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio from an old contrada,...
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Benanti Etna Rosso Contrada Monte Serra 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$43.40
This has aromas of cherry stones, slate, pine cones, lemon peel and oyster shells. Tightly knit, firm tannins here,...
Chardonnay Italian Red Blends Passito 2020 Italy Sicily
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.
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 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.