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750ml
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$28.00
6 bottles:
$27.44
This is a highly versatile wine both in terms of its approachable drinking style and its affordable price tag. The...
750ml
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$15.37
$17.08
The wines from Alois Lageder’s Terra Alpina project are part of the winery’s collaboration with growers in...
750ml
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$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...
750ml
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$21.68
12 bottles:
$21.25
Straw yellow in color with slight golden highlights. On the nose it has great intensity and complexity. It is...
500ml
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$28.99
12 bottles:
$28.42
A nutty and intense marsala with salty undertones to the dried fruit, such as figs and sultanas. Some nuttiness, too....
750ml
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$15.00
12 bottles:
$14.70
Green-yellow color with floral aromas (white flowers, citrus blossom), nice acidity but not too much tension.
1.5Ltr
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$25.02
$27.80
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$19.59
With hints of raisins and vanilla it is dry, full, and harmonic on the palate. Colombo Marsala Fine Dry is perfect...
750ml
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$13.26
$14.73
12 bottles:
$11.88
With hints of raisins and vanilla it is dry, full, and harmonic on the palate. Colombo Marsala Fine Dry is perfect...
1.5Ltr
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$25.02
$27.80
6 bottles:
$18.61
Dark amber, with hints of dates and apricots it is sweet, full, warm and harmonic on the palate with an elegant,...
750ml
Bottle:
$13.26
$14.73
12 bottles:
$11.88
Dark amber, with hints of dates and apricots it is sweet, full, warm and harmonic on the palate with an elegant,...
750ml
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$13.94
12 bottles:
$13.66
Notes of pineapple and melon with dried flowers and spices on offer. Medium- to full-bodied, oily and dense with...
750ml
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$18.08
12 bottles:
$13.59
The Florio Vecchioflorio Marsala Superiore Dry appears amber-colored with gold highlights in the glass. The nose...
375ml
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$11.45
$12.05
24 bottles:
$8.43
Warm and round with an elegant background of dried fruit and raisins.
750ml
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$15.49
12 bottles:
$15.19
Warm and round with an elegant background of dried fruit and raisins.
750ml - Case of 12
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$20.00
The Pinot Bianco grape feels especially at home on the poor soils and sunny slopes of the Merano region and Val...
750ml - Case of 12
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$35.60
No other wine is able to describe its homeland of South Tyrol more aptly than the Pinot Bianco “Tyrol”. This fine...
750ml - Case of 12
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$18.13
The Weissburgunder (Pinot Bianco) possesses a delicious freshness and fruitiness. The colour is luminous pale yellow...
750ml - Case of 12
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$27.34
A bright straw yellow color wine with aromas of stone fruit and meadow flowers. Apples, peaches, pears and some spicy...
Marsala Pinot Blanc Tocai Friulano Italy
Marsala is a well known fortified wine from Italy’s largest island, Sicily. A largely misunderstood and undervalued fortified wine, it is most commonly associated with its sweet variety - usually used as a cooking wine - although the finest dry Masalas are able to stand up to more revered, similar wines such as Sherry and Madeira. Marsala has been made in Sicily since the mid 18th century, and it grew wildly popular around Europe as sailors introduced it to port towns across the continent. Marsala wine has a beautiful set of flavors, most typically including apricot, tamarind, vanilla and tobacco, making it a delightfully intense treat when served as a sipping wine.
Marsala wine comes in several different varieties, and most of them are a world away from the sweet wines used in sauces and chicken dishes. Amber, golden and ruby versions of Masala are produced, from a range of different native grape varietals, and many of the finest are aged for over ten years to achieve a fascinating set of complex flavors and a remarkably smooth finish. It is usually made from the Grillo, Inzolia, Damaschino and Catarratto white grapes, although the ruby Masala wines uses typical Sicilian red varietals such as Nero d’Avola and Calabrese, among others.
Pinot Blanc is a popular white grape varietal most commonly associated with the beautiful French region of Alsace, but which is also grown across Central Europe and Italy. In Germany and Austria it is known as Weisseburgunder, in Italy it is called Pinot Bianco, and is one of the key varietals in the alpine regions of Alto Adige. Pinot Blanc is the main white grape varietal in Alsace, where it is prized for its ability to beautifully express the fine terroir on which it is grown, and it is used to produce exceptional single varietal wines, as well as blended wine such as Edelzwicker. Pinot Blanc is also a key component in this part of France’s signature sparkling wine, Cremant d’Alsace.
The wines made from Pinot Blanc are typically medium to light bodied, but they possess a remarkable freshness and clean character, which reminds us of the cool, green hillsides of their homeland. Apple, honey and biscuity, yeasty flavors are typical in fine Pinot Blanc wines, as well as a good level of minerality, making it a popular choice for those looking to pair a fine white wine with a wide range of foods. Although it is almost never oaked in Alsace, Italian vintners have a tendency to age Pinot Bianco in oak barrels, adding an extra dimension to this wonderful varietal.
The Tocai Fruiliano grape varietal has been grown in and around the northern regions of Italy for centuries, and is still widely praised for its distinctive character and beautiful set of flavors and aromas. Despite the name, the Tocai Fruiliano varietal is not actually related to the famous Tokaji grapes of Hungary, or the Tokay d'Alsace grapes, but is actually the same species as Sauvignon Vert. Wines made from the Tocai Fruiliano grape are generally a pale straw yellow in color, and are recognizable by their aroma of wild flowers and orchard fruits such as pears. The flavor of the wines varies from vineyard to vineyard, and the Tocai Fruiliano grape is renowned for having a broad set of flavors, although citrus notes are usually detectable in most bottles.
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.