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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.79
6 bottles: $24.29
Lush Nose with tropical fruit and chalky, mineral hints. Medium-bodied with firm acidity – good balance. Fruity...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.94 $15.59
12 bottles: $14.64
Dense ruby red with a purplish rim, it is immediately intense on the nose with marked aromas of ripe and fleshy red...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.93
6 bottles: $25.41
Ruby red with purplish shimmer, on the nose it presents a distinct red berries aroma, from raspberry, sour cherry, to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.60
12 bottles: $23.13
Wine with a very strong impact. Pleasant nose concentration of different aromas, from ripe red fruits to spicy, with...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $12.35
100% Negroamaro. Perrini's Negroamarro comes from estate vines averaging 30-35 years old, with some getting up to 60...
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Rose
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $5.89
The 2019 Produttori di Manduria AKA, a Primitivo Rosato, lifts from the glass in an intense display of crushed ripe...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.99
12 bottles: $13.72
Color: Straw-yellow, crystalline. Perfume: At nose it shows surprising notes of white flowers mixed with citrus and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.89 $15.83
12 bottles: $14.59
Color: Ruby red. Taste: Dry, harmonious, slightly bitter aftertaste, velvety, gently tannic. Pairing: First and main...
White
750ml
Bottle: $20.32
6 bottles: $19.91
Mineral in character with balanced white flower and fruit, it's the perfect pairing for seafood.
Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.94
6 bottles: $31.30
With ripe dark fruit and healthy acidity, it's perfect with a Porterhouse.
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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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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $17.85 $19.60
6 bottles: $16.66
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.84 $27.60
6 bottles: $24.00
Well-balanced and appealing, this medium-bodied red features a core of ripe and baked black cherry fruit, with light...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.58
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 - Case of 12
Bottle: $19.50
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $64.37
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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Italy Puglia Salento

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.