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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $20.88 $23.20
12 bottles: $18.62
Light semi sweet sparkler.
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $23.40 $26.00
12 bottles: $21.28
Aromas of flowers and honeycomb immediately hit the nose. Elegant bubbles balance the sweet and citrus notes. Great...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.36 $20.40
12 bottles: $16.63
Light rose color, with a delicate fragrance and sweet taste. Goes well with fruit, cheese and desserts. A splendid,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $52.50 $60.00
A more forward style of Brunate with dark berry as well as orange peel and rose petal. Medium body, firm and silky,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $120.79
6 bottles: $120.00
Aromas of rose petal and grapefruit follow through to a medium body with fine tannins and a fresh and brilliant...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $16.95 $17.84
COLOR: Light straw yellow color. NOSE: Gorgeous bouquet on the nose with fresh aromas of pear, apple, white flowers...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.95
The 2013 Ghemme Anno Primo shows just how well these wines age. At nearly ten years of age it is just starting to...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $92.32
Beautifully seductive with ripe berry, meat and leather character that turns to cedar. Full body, soft and velvety...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $249.90
3 bottles: $244.90
The purity of this wine is pretty phenomenal with blackberries, strawberries, fresh flowers and licorice. Hints of...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.94
6 bottles: $54.40
With the GD Vajra Barolo Chinato, cloves, cinnamon and other spices are dominant on the nose and palate. Their...
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Sparkling
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $20.40
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $51.95 $57.20
COLOR: Ruby red color, tending to garnet with aging. PERFUME: Bouquet of berries, spices (white pepper, licorice),...
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750ml
Bottle: $80.80
6 bottles: $80.00
This estate sources Barolo grapes from four communes, but its only single-vineyard bottling is from this outstanding...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.93
12 bottles: $58.73
Color: Ruby red with orange tints. Perfume: Intense nose, rich in spices with dark berries and fruits and dried...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
Color: Pale yellow. Perfume: White peach, spring flowers, slightly herbaceous. Flavor profile: Savory, balanced...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.94
12 bottles: $35.22
•100% Nebbiolo from the Mombeltramo cru vineyard. •280 meters above sea level. •Calcareous clay stratified with...
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750ml
Bottle: $36.00
12 bottles: $34.20
• 100% Nebbiolo. • Malvira’s top red from their old vines in the Trinita cru of Roero. • Soil rich with...
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750ml
Bottle: $35.94
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• 100% Nebbiolo from the Renesio vineyard. • Calcareous clay soil. • Harvested in October. • Fermentation and...
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Champagne Blend Nebbiolo 2013 NV Italy Piedmont 750ml

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.

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.

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.

Situated in the north-western part of Italy, the region of Piedmont is known worldwide and is highly respected for the quality of the wines produced there. Many of the most successful sub-regions in Piedmont produce many of the world's finest red wines, such as those made from the excellent Nebbiolo grape varietal in areas such as Barolo and Barbaresco. However, the historic wineries which typify this region use a relatively wide variety of grapes, including Dolcetto and Barbera for their red wines, which are typically aged and have a delightful velvety character. Piedmont isn't all about beautifully complex red wines, though, as it is also famed for high quality, elegant sparkling wines, notably the Asti wines made with the white Moscato grape. The region benefits from a range of terroirs which are often well expressed in the sparkling wines, and a wonderfully consistent climate ideal for vineyard cultivation.