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Red
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Bottle: $17.09
12 bottles: $16.75
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.38 $17.09
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $16.92 $18.80
6 bottles: $10.73
A zesty rose, with a pleasing, lightly macerated edge to the ripe, juicy wild strawberry and cherry fruit, backed by...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.84 $27.60
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Well-balanced and appealing, this medium-bodied red features a core of ripe and baked black cherry fruit, with light...
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750ml
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.94
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Bottle: $19.50
The bouquet opens up to candied fruit, lemon curd, dried apricot and pressed rose. Fresh floral notes complement...
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Bottle: $15.10
Fresh and intense on the nose with aromas of cherry, plum, and tobacco. Supple on the palate with concentrated fruit...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.90
A heady dose of sweet spices grace the nose, with baked black-cherry and plum tones at the core. This is ultrasoft...
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750ml
Bottle: $11.63
12 bottles: $9.98
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.58 $13.98
12 bottles: $12.35
The grapes are fermented at low temperature in stainless steel tanks for a long period to preserve the complexity of...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.95 $15.10
Typical crisp and delicate perlage. Pale light yellow color, delicate and fragrant bouquet, with fruity notes of...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $65.01
The Schola Sarmenti 2013 Primitivo Diciotto is the proverbial "big boy" wine from Puglia. If you don't get that from...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $55.36
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $73.62
Fresh and harmonious, with a frame of fine-grained tannins creating plush texture for concentrated flavors of ripe...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $80.93
Dark and earthy from the first tilt of the glass, the 2019 Aglianico Bocca di Lupo smolders up with a blend of...
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Italy Puglia

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.

The southern Italian region of Puglia, known as the 'heel' of the country, is home to Italy's most up and coming wineries, keen to demonstrate to the world that the poor reputation they had in the seventies and eighties no longer applies. The wines of Puglia are certainly full of character, often big, bright and juicy, and full of strong dark fruit flavours. The Puglian wines are also renowned for being slightly more alcoholic and structured than those found further north, giving wine drinkers plenty to experience and discuss when sampling the region's complex and fascinating wares. Puglia is, in essence, a region of deep traditions, and the wine makers there are determined to stick to their traditional techniques and methods, and keep the unique identity of Puglian wine alive in the twenty first century.