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The bright mirabelle, Amalfi-lemon and white-pepper aromas pour from the glass of this energetic gruner veltliner,...
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White
750ml
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750ml
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This is a very rich and creamy gruner veltliner, but you don’t feel the 14% until the very end, when a touch of...
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750ml
Bottle: $12.87 $14.30
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Slim and racy, spring water strained through herbs; a wine to drink, not taste, to gulp, not sip, a wine which...
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750ml
Bottle: $13.85 $15.41
Green apples, a hint of gooseberry, a little spice; invigorating acidity, fresh fruit, varietal herbs in the finish,...
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750ml
Bottle: $18.94
12 bottles: $18.56
Yellow, with greenish reflections, nice flavours of pepper and tobacco. Very refined, true to its name (Steinberg)...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $58.27 $61.34
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.10 $18.40
The AGIORGITIKO series is completed with the creation of AGIORGITIKO by GAIA. Rich and structured, it is balanced...
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750ml
Bottle: $54.94
Exuberant multivitamin juice-style fruit with a touch of grated nuts, describes a wide arc immediately followed by...
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750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.93
New to the Finger Lakes, this Grüner Veltliner is a dry wine that has flavors of freshly squeezed grapefruit, lime...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.90 $20.20
The nose is bright, driven by lemon zest and toasted lime. The palate is smooth and creamy carried by a rich texture.
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $11.70
Grüner Veltliner at its finest. Loess soil delivers the starting point for healthy and ripe grapes which are...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $39.92 $41.10
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $42.18 $44.40
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Showing a nose combining earthy aromas of barley cake, toasted walnut, and campfire smoke with more fruit driven...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $33.60
Brimming with lemon zest and white pepper, this is a very expressive wine that has every bit as much freshness as...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $45.60 $48.00
Rich and generous gruner with notes of caramel, apricots and marmalade. Toasted spices, too. It’s full-bodied and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $47.94
#98 TOP 100 WINES OF AUSTRIA, 2022. At once ripe and cool, this is an exciting gruner veltliner that combines the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.40
6 bottles: $23.91
The attractive nose of mandarin orange and white peach, with just a whiff of pepper, pulls you into this juicy,...
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Agiorghitiko Gruner Veltliner Japanese Whiskey 2021 NV

The Agiorgitiko grape varietal is grown widely throughout Greece and certain other countries, and is prized for the fact it is highly heat resistant, and can thrive on even quite arid and infertile land. It has been cultivated for millennia in the Nemea region of the Peloponnese mountains, where it remains highly popular to this day. It is a grape varietal which can take on wide range of characteristics, from highly tannic and astringent to rather soft and rounded, and responds well to a variety of wine making techniques and methods. Typically, the Agiorgitiko grape varietal produces wines which are quite spicy, and hold plummy and dark fruit flavors It has been successfully blended with Cabernet Sauvignon, and is a popular grape varietal in many countries around the world.

Gruner Veltliner is a pale skinned white wine grape varietal most closely associated with central European countries such as Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In recent years, it has spread somewhat to several New World countries, where it is becoming gradually more popular and regularly seen in wine stores. One of the main attractions of this grape varietal for winemakers is the fact that it is highly versatile, and can be used for the production of several different wine styles, including young, dry white wines, excellent sparkling wines, and it is also a grape varietal which is well suited for aging Gruner Veltliner has the ability to express much of its terroir, and the best examples are generally those which are full of delightfully mineral-rich flavors alongside the more usual notes of citrus fruits and peach.

Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.

The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.

Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.

While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.