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$21.09
$22.20
6 bottles:
$13.00
A cheerful blush color in the glass, this rosé is all pink grapefruit, strawberry jam, and pink lemonade on the...
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$23.37
$24.60
6 bottles:
$15.00
Deep pink hues complement the rich aromas of candied orange peel and strawberry preserves. Flavors of concentrated...
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$25.81
$27.17
6 bottles:
$16.68
The Basics Something fruity and satisfying, this one hits all the right notes. The Taste Peach-scented, honeysuckle...
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$25.81
$27.17
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$16.68
Attractive floral and tropical fruit aromas highlighted by flavors of ripe red berries.
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$25.81
$27.17
6 bottles:
$16.68
The Basics A versatile blend that goes great with most meals — including desert! The Taste Attractive aromas of...
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$13.99
With delicious notes of apricot, white peach and sage, and a wonderfully refreshing sweetness, it’s a true Italian...
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$93.00
Very well structured, yet restrained and elegant with a cool and delicate personality for the warm vintage, this is a...
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$89.11
6 bottles:
$87.33
Bright and vivid with a linear palate of black cherries, plums and orange peel. It’s tight and focused with a...
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$25.80
$27.16
6 bottles:
$16.66
Our Moscato has a floral, fruity nose and ends with a sensation of lemon zest on its finish. A perfect before dinner...
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$35.52
$37.39
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$33.60
If it wasn’t for the lively acidity and the violet note, you might mistake this for a sophisticated Volnay!...
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$20.33
$21.40
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$12.13
Honey, I’m home. And you’re gonna love me. Honeyed sweetness teams up with ripe peach and citrusy goodness to...
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$20.33
$21.40
6 bottles:
$12.13
Think of our Pink Moscato as the proudly unconventional one. This light-bodied wine stands alone with its fresh...
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Bottle:
$423.00
3 bottles:
$420.00
This offers a wide range of blood orange marmalade, apricot, peach and mango notes all tightly stitched together but...
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$380.70
$423.00
A gorgeous perfumed nose of rose petals, musk and barley sugar with preserved ginger. The palate is rich and super...
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Bottle:
$393.00
3 bottles:
$390.00
Deep mid-gold in colour, with a thick textured mist of scent hinting at grapes, oranges, honey and beeswax. It's...
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Bottle:
$393.00
3 bottles:
$390.00
This is world class with lovely floral, spicy, marmalade, barley sugar, apricot and crème brûlée aromatics. The...
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$21.85
$23.00
6 bottles:
$13.87
Think ripe, juicy grapes and subtle musk and tropical notes.
Gamay Mavrodaphne Muscat 1.5Ltr
The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.
The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.
In the Archaea region, high in the Northern Peloponnese mountains, the predominant grape varietal grown is the prized Mavrodaphne. Meaning 'Black Laurel', the Mavrodaphne grapes have extremely dark skins, and ripen slowly under the Greek sunshine, helped by the mineral rich soils the vines thrive in. This grape varietal is mostly used to produce the opaque, inky fortified wine of the same name, which is popular all over Greece and elsewhere in the world. This fortified wine allows the grapes to really show off their complex and fascinating flavors, which range from a rich marzipan to flavors of bitter chocolate, sweet coffee, dried figs and prunes, as well as plenty of jammy fruit notes.
Mavrodaphne is produced in a traditional method which involves leaving the grape juice exposed to the sun in large vats, before having its fermentation halted by the addition of various distillates taken from previous successful vintages. This mixture contains plenty of residual sugar, which gives the end result its characteristic sticky sweetness, and also helps with the next fermentation process, which typically takes place in large underground cellars. The final product is a heady drink, absolutely bursting with unusual, rich and sweet flavors and carried in a dark and slightly viscous Port-like liquid.
Mavrodaphne grapes are also used for the production of still red wines, but are generally blended with varietals such as Agiorgitiko or imported grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon. Mavrodaphne grapes are excellent for mellowing more acidic varieties, and producing deliciously rounded wines, which have taken the international market by storm in recent decades.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?
One of the most widely grown and easily recognized wine grape varietals in the world is the Muscat, an ancient grape with an exceptional amount of versatility. For centuries, Muscat varietal grapes have been used all over Europe for the production of wonderfully fruity wines of many different shades and colors, which, with their strong 'grapey' flavor have come to be known as a quintessential fine wine grape. Their relatively high acidity also means they are ideal for the production of sparkling wines, and the fizzy Muscat wines of Italy are widely agreed to be amongst the best in the world. In more recent years, New World countries have shown a huge amount of flair when it comes to the Muscat grape, and have had plenty of success in allowing its natural and vibrant character to come through in the bottle.