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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.08
12 bottles: $17.72
COLOR: Wine of very elegant red color. BOUQUET: Intense aroma, with fruity hints of ripe plums, cherry jam and notes...
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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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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $45.60 $48.00
6 bottles: $39.60
In this bottle you will find spices and herbs from the Mediterranean scrub and Southeast Asia: lemongrass, rosemary,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $49.59 $52.20
6 bottles: $43.80
Bitter liqueur, with a sharp, dry, and woody character. More than twenty selected roots and herbs. Rhubarb and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $45.60 $48.00
6 bottles: $39.60
For our version of the most popular Italian liqueur we use just the yellow part of the lemon zest, organically grown...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $45.60 $48.00
6 bottles: $33.60
Our most unusual product. A selection of berries from the best plantations in the world to perfectly balance the...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $45.60 $48.00
6 bottles: $39.60
Thyme is a wild aromatic herb with a strong taste and, among wild plants, it has its own characteristic fragrance....
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $42.00
6 bottles: $33.60
Amante 1530 is delicately balanced so that it is neither too sweet nor too bitter. It hits the tongue lean and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $25.64 $26.99
Deep tree bark amber color with an oily rich viscosity in the glass. Subtle aromas of roasted cherry and dried herbs...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.77
6 bottles: $24.29
COLOUR Deep polished amber with bronze highlights. NOSE First aromas are an aromatic spiced bouquet with caramel. As...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $18.24 $19.20
12 bottles: $16.63
Aromas of tangy, fruit candies, dried strawberry, and fresh orange pulp introduce a spike of approachable gentian...
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $19.20
12 bottles: $16.63
Sweet orange zest, wormwood, star anise, and sherry-esque oxidation on the nose precede a vibrant, warming palate...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $26.22 $27.60
12 bottles: $23.94
Genziana is a family of owering plants that thrives three thousand feet above sea level in the Alps and Apennines of...
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Spirits
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $30.72
Bright pink orange hue. Zesty orange and ruby red grapefruit aromas. The palate resembles the bouquet, while offering...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $18.75 $19.74
12 bottles: $15.80
Bright pink orange hue. Zesty orange and ruby red grapefruit aromas. The palate resembles the bouquet, while offering...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.84
6 bottles: $25.92
Bright pink orange hue. Zesty orange and ruby red grapefruit aromas. The palate resembles the bouquet, while offering...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $25.08 $26.40
Behind our distillery stands the Besimauda: the ascent of its slopes is a tradition and one of the best times to...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $25.83 $27.19
Argiolas Tremontis Mirto is violet red in color with herbal aromas. It is bittersweet on the palate and backed by...
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $42.48
6 bottles: $33.60
Averna has a decidedly Mediterranean profile, with a mild bitterness, which makes it very approachable and versatile....
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $34.99 $36.83
6 bottles: $29.03
Opaque espresso brown color. Aroma is flat-out espresso, coffee bean bitter, with side notes of kale, cocoa bean,...
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Arneis Liqueur Primitivo Riesling Italy

The Arneis white wine grape varietal is a native fruit of the beautiful northern region of Piedmont, in Italy. Whilst it has had great success over recent decades in several New World countries, Arneis has been cultivated for centuries in northern Italy, where it is recognized as one of the most representative grapes of the region. Arneis has long been used as a blending grape, due to its highly aromatic character, but it is becoming more and more common to see single variety bottles made using this grape. At its best, Arneis produces beautifully full bodied white wines, packed full of orchard fruit and apricot flavors, with a fine crispness and acidic punch. However, it is a notoriously difficult grape to cultivate successfully, hence its name which translates as 'little rascal'.

As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.


Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.

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.

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.