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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.89 $24.00
This strikes a lovely balance between herbs and just-ripe citrus and stone fruit. It’s medium-bodied with sleek...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.80
12 bottles: $22.34
The 2022 Frappato impresses with its soaring aromatics, blending violet pastille with sweet smoke and crushed...
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90
Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.80
12 bottles: $22.34
100% Frappato.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.88 $24.08
6 bottles: $18.41
From the Sicilian dialect, “frappatu” indicates the fruit fragrance that unequivocally defines the wine bouquet...
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.93
12 bottles: $19.53
A fresh, peach and apple-inflected white, accented by lemon and mineral. The rich fruit is matched to a steely...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $25.94 $26.48
12 bottles: $22.43
Produced from the estate's oldest vines, this is a worthy reserve. This wine shows impressive depth and intensity,...
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $28.84 $30.36
6 bottles: $19.20
With aromas and flavors of apricot, peach, and pear, it’s the result of excellent growing conditions along the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.11 $15.91
12 bottles: $11.52
With aromas and flavors of apricot, peach, and pear, it’s the result of excellent growing conditions along the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.93 $26.40
Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.39
12 bottles: $21.94
As is the case with the Nero d’Avola variety, Frappato also demonstrates Sicily’s full winemaking potential, able...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $24.44
Bright ruby red in color with fresh mineral notes followed by fragrances of marasca and black cherries with notes of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $28.32
6 bottles: $27.75
The 2020 Riesling is more lifted and graceful in style, with a pretty bouquet of lemon oils, minty herbs and hints of...
12 FREE
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.79
12 bottles: $17.43
Some petrol notes on the nose with lilac and citrus. Crisp acidity with lovely tinned peach and green apple fruit on...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $21.94
Notes of rose and candied violet are typical, with an elegant smokey tone. On the palate, much red fruit with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.94 $15.51
Color: Vivid red color with gentle purple tones. Bouquet: The bouquet on the nose is fresh with lots of red berries...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.90 $20.40
Fresh and fruity red with aromas of strawberries, raspberries and cinnamon. Medium-bodied, crunchy and lightly chalky...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $40.28

Frappato Riesling Canada Italy

Riesling grapes have been grown in and around central Europe for centuries, and over time, they became the lasting symbol of south Germany's ancient and proud wine culture. Whilst the reputation of German wines abroad has in the past been mixed, the Germans themselves take an enormous amount of pride in their wineries, and Riesling grapes have now spread around the globe, growing anywhere with the correct climate in which they can thrive. Riesling grape varietals generally require much cooler climatic conditions than many other white grapes, and they are generally considered to be a very 'terroir expressive' varietal, meaning that the features and characteristics of the terroir they are grown on comes across in the flavors and aromas in the bottle. It is this important feature which has allowed Riesling wines to be elevated into the category of 'fine' white wines, as the features of the top quality bottles are generally considered to be highly unique and offer much to interest wine enthusiasts.

Canada has been producing quality wines for over two hundred years, and has hundreds of established wineries producing characterful and easily recognizable wines from the many imported grape varietals which flourish in the cool climate and excellent soils which typify the region. The primary wine producing regions of Canada are all located in the south of the country, and benefit from the consistent climate found there. The two largest wine producing regions is Canada are the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, and Niagara Peninsula, in Ontario. Both of these regions produce large quantities of the ice wine Canada is famous for, where the grapes are allowed to freeze on the vine during the early frosts, and thus have their sugars and flavors concentrated, resulting in highly aromatic and often very sweet wines.

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.