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White
750ml
Bottle: $20.08
12 bottles: $19.68
Made with organically grown grapes, the wine has a straw yellow color with green hints. On the nose, its elegantly...
White
750ml
Bottle: $71.55
6 bottles: $70.12
Deep nose with a sharp mineral overtone to the complex aromas of white sesame, praline, grilled spices and roasted...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
White
750ml
Bottle: $13.94
12 bottles: $13.66
Made from 100% Chardonnay, half of which was fermented in oak giving lovely depth and complexity.
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $7.13
The Antico Fuoco Chardonnay exhibits attractive notes of apple butter and poached pears along with a lovely texture....
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $20.71 $21.80
6 bottles: $18.34
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.11 $12.75
12 bottles: $10.69
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.93 $16.66
Concentrated and ripe, this red offers blackberry, loganberry, dark chocolate and loam flavors, while dense tannins...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $23.99
6 bottles: $23.51
A wine that stands out on the nose for intense and elegant fruity and floral aromas. In the mouth there are hints of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.86 $18.80
6 bottles: $15.84
“Dolce far niente”. In Italian, the sweetness of doing nothing. This unoaked Chardonnay is a bliss to sip, a...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.88
12 bottles: $20.46
The colour is ruby red, clear and transparent, with tinges of purple. The nose is fruity and winy. Full-body, rich...
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $21.85 $23.00
6 bottles: $13.87
Straw yellow in color. A bouquet of pineapple and peach aromas, with hints of melon. The palate is fruit forward with...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.58 $14.30
12 bottles: $11.40
Straw yellow in color. A bouquet of pineapple and peach aromas, with hints of melon. The palate is fruit forward with...
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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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
Purple colored with pronounced vinous to fruity aromas of red fruits, blueberry, raspberry. It is dry on the palate...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.94 $29.20
12 bottles: $26.60
Displaying a deep purple color and a perfumed nose that highlights the fruity characteristics of the grape. This wine...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.28
12 bottles: $32.61
Black cherry and blackberry fruit aromas lifted by floral and spice notes. Rich, ripe fruit on the palate, with a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $75.60
12 bottles: $74.09
Deep purple in color with aromas of plum, blackberry and cherry. The palate is round and warm with a hint of almond...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $21.50
The 2021 Dolcetto d'Alba Trifolè is such a gorgeous wine. Inky, deep and super-expressive, the 2021 is wonderfully...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $24.65
The 2022 Dolcetto d'Alba Trifolè is a very pleasant, easygoing wine to drink now and over the next few years. Floral...
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Chardonnay Dolcetto Petit Verdot Italy

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.

In Italian, Dolcetto means 'little sweet one' – a slightly misleading name, as the black grapes of this varietal have relatively little natural sugar and almost almost produce dry wines. However, the Dolcetto grapes are remarkably popular with those looking for a full, rounded and highly flavorful wine, and are grown extensively in their native Italy, and in many other countries around the world. Dolcetto varietal grapes tend to have quite a high level of tannin, due to their thick, black skins, and low acidity, resulting in interesting wines with a large feel in the mouth, despite being relatively light in body. They are most commonly associated with big, complex flavors such as liquorice and prunes, and are regularly described as having a finish similar to the flavor of bitter almonds.

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.