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Bottle: $139.80
The 2005 Chianti Classico Riserva is an impressive wine for the vintage. It boasts a serious core of fruit backed up...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $73.20
6 bottles: $72.00
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750ml
Bottle: $97.94
Superb brick red/brown appearance with medium depth of color. Very clean fresh aroma with a subdued spicy character...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $64.68
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $165.58
The 2005 Isola dei Nuraghi Turriga is incredibly primary at this stage. This dark, textured Turriga reveals...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $456.95
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $312.95
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $1174.92 $1249.92
The 2005 Barolo is super-delicate and finessed. This is a decidedly restrained, feminine style of Barolo laced with...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $259.12
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $238.23
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $292.54
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $372.87
The 2005 Barbaresco Santo Stefano is striking in its beauty. This firm, structured wine bursts from the glass with...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $241.88
Red garnet in color. Intense and fine aromas of fresh red fruit. The palate presents good freshness, excellent...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $753.33
The 2003 Barolo Le Rocche del Falletto is a fascinating wine. It is classic Giacosa, with a lovely core of sweet...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $193.84
The 2005 Sammarco is soft, silky and impeccable balanced. Still fresh and beautifully delineated, the 2005 possesses...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $121.82
Menthol, pine, sweet tobacco and incense are some of the many notes that take shape in the 2003 Barolo Sorì...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $69.95
Chocolate, walnut and ripe berry aromas, with some figs and plums showing the heat of the vintage. Full-bodied and...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $48.90
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $71.52
The 2005 Duemani (Cabernet Franc) is equally impressive. It reveals gorgeous, expressive varietal notes in its...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $54.95
Fonseca vintage Ports are always among the most attractive and long-lived. This 2003 conforms magnificently to that...
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2003 2005 Italy Portugal

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.

Benefiting from both the hot, dry Iberian climate as well as brisk Atlantic winds, Portugal is a perfectly situated country for vineyard cultivation and wine production. With a wine making history which stretches back thousands of years, it comes as little surprise that wine plays an important role in the cultural identity and practices of the country. The Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks and the Romans all had a hand in forming Portugal as an important center for wine production, and over the millennia, this resulted in each region of this beautiful part of Europe producing its own distinctive wines easily identifiable and separate from neighboring Spain's. Today, the varied terroir and climate across Portugal allows a great range of wines to be made each year, from the fresh and dry Vinho Verde wines to the famous and widely drunk fortified Port wines, and many in between.