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750ml
Bottle: $51.38
12 bottles: $50.35
The 2011 The Evil Twin is a blend of 65% Syrah and 35% Cabernet Sauvignon that was aged 22 months in 100% new French...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $401.98
The 2011 Las Posadas is a relatively delicate wine for Howell Mountain, but the vines were pretty young back then....
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $547.44
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $376.29
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $687.94
The 2010 Proprietary Red Cariad reveals great intensity along with abundant notes of unsmoked tobacco leaf interwoven...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $675.55
The 2010 Proprietary Red Cariad reveals great intensity along with abundant notes of unsmoked tobacco leaf interwoven...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $695.08
The 2010 IX Estate Syrah is one of the most compelling Syrahs ever made in California. It ranks alongside some of the...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $84.29
Fresh and floral with berry, light cedar and chocolate character. Full body with a dense center palate and gorgeous...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $481.12
Bright dark ruby. Initially reticent nose opened in the glass to reveal wonderfully complex scents of black- and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $104.82
Nose: Floral Notes of Violets & Cassis, Red & Black Cherry Fruit. Palate: Rich, Plush Mouthfeel, Crushed Red Cherries...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $1123.31
The 2011 Promontory is just starting to enter its first plateau of maturity. Dark, dense and layered, the 2011 is...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $72.82
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $873.19
A dark, voluptuous beauty, the 2011 Second Flight is laced with plum, grilled herbs, tobacco, smoke, violets and...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $360.16
One of the most beloved Star Trek episodes ever created, "The Trouble With Tribbles" first aired in December of 1967....
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $247.80
A stunning wine at 12 years on from a cool and raining vintage, winemakers recall it was hailing on the crush pad....
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $236.95
There were a little over 2,000 cases of the 2011 La Muse produced, and this Merlot-dominated beauty checks in as 89%...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $249.70
More mint, black cherry, mulberry, cedar, candied violet, and floral notes emerge from the 2011 Le Desir, and it...
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Barbera Red Blend 2010 2011 United States

For centuries now, the beautiful red grapes of the Barbera varietal have been grown in Italy, where they are prized for their unusual high acid content and low tannins, brought about by their thin skins. The Barbera grape varietal thrives in warmer climates, and has had some success overseas in the new world, where its strongly aromatic flavors of intense hedgerow fruits make it a favorite with wineries and wine drinkers looking for a grape which offers plenty of interesting characteristics. Interestingly, the differences between young and aged wines made from this varietal are quite significant, with younger bottles holding a plethora of berry flavors, including blueberry and raspberry notes, and oak aged wines made from the Barbera grape being much loved for their ability to become extremely complex and spicy, and picking up vanilla flavors from the wood they are barreled in.

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.