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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.20 $18.00
100% Verdicchio. The fruit is from 10 hectares of various vineyards on the Felici farm, from 10- to 40-year-old...
White
750ml
Bottle: $40.93
12 bottles: $40.11
A pungently floral and mineral-laced bouquet of musky peach and pear, spice, yellow flowers and crushed stone lifts...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $99.93 $105.19
Arbikie's signature rye is matured in virgin oak casks, giving notes of cinnamon swirls, choux pastry, vanilla seeds,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $27.94 $30.48
12 bottles: $25.47
Subtle at first, this wine begins to reveal itself after a few minutes in the glass. This Verdicchio transports you...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $23.03 $24.24
12 bottles: $19.15
Excellent, Highly Recommended (Great Value) - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
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White
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
12 bottles: $23.46
Energetic white wines are the white wines that excite us most, and Arneis has a unique ability to achieve that...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $27.93 $28.80
12 bottles: $27.37
Energetic and bright with sliced green apples, mangoes and citrus with some honeysuckle. It’s medium- to...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $23.79 $25.04
24 bottles: $21.85
Excellent, Highly Recommended (Great Value) (Tried & True) - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $35.99
12 bottles: $34.19
Excellent, Highly Recommended (Great Value) (Tried & True) - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
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94
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $52.43 $55.19
Starting with hints of peat smoke and honey baked apples on the nose, this scotch presents as medium bodied on the...
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93
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $98.78 $103.98
6 bottles: $77.40
Amber color. Aromas and flavors of toffee, honey butter, sea salt, raisin bread and earth with a silky,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $50.90 $53.58
12 bottles: $41.04
Aromas of fresh orange peel, heather honey, and a hint of torched cedar give way to an approachable whisky that is...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $52.32 $55.07
12 bottles: $34.19
Nose: Luscious, juicy pineapple and a hint of zesty citrus. Taste: Light caramel and vanilla notes, vibrant...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $160.34 $168.78
The sumptuous aromas of raw grains and stone fruits and beeswax are enticing. The flavors blossom over the palate...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94 $16.25
12 bottles: $14.64
The Verdicchio 'Kypra' comes from all the parcels of the estate, with the exception of the red grape vineyard and the...
White
750ml
Bottle: $11.94
12 bottles: $11.70
COLOR: Straw yellow with green reflections. NOSE: Golden apples and walnuts, juniper and jasmine. FLAVOR: Smooth and...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.50
Bright straw yellow. Fresh, floral, and with scents of fresh fruit with white flesh. Smooth, fresh, with a slightly...
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.99
12 bottles: $19.59
Fresh with an elegant characteristic nose. Fresh and dry on the palate with a hint of almond on the finish. Serve...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.90 $18.00
Ceretto Blangé is an excellent example of the expression of the native Arneis grape. It is a pleasant medium-bodied...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $13.43
12 bottles: $11.52
Chateau de la Chesnaie is a family owned estate dedicated to the production of high quality Muscadet. This wine is...

Arneis Blended Scotch Melon de Bourgogne Verdicchio

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'.

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.