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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.70
12 bottles: $13.43
A well-structured and layered blend made primarily of Teroldego with Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.08
12 bottles: $17.72
COLOR: Wine of very elegant red color. BOUQUET: Intense aroma, with fruity hints of ripe plums, cherry jam and notes...
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750ml
Bottle: $25.40
12 bottles: $24.89
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.48
12 bottles: $29.87
This Syrah-driven blend offers a lot of pleasure for an excellent price. It is a camp out aromatically, with seared...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.50 $18.33
The 2021 Secateurs Red has a lovely nose with brambly red fruit, an attractive floral note emerging with time. The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.90 $12.13
Made from a blend of Cabernet and Syrah, the 2021 The Curator Red Blend offers a fresh nose of red fruit with a spicy...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $11.90
“Achados e Perdidos” means “Lost and Found” in Portuguese….. This particular wine is the result of a bottle...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $47.94
12 bottles: $46.98
The 2021 Redline jumps out of the glass with ripe blackberries, black cherry, licorice, and a hint of toasty oak. A...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.94
12 bottles: $31.30
There are a couple of rare red wines under the "O Esteiro" label and this one is the blend - organically grown 33%...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.93 $22.40
75% Tempranillo from the Obarenes zone, and 25% Garnacha from Cárdenas.
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $148.95
A fresh and discreet Almaviva with subtle pencil shavings and cigar box to the cassis and hints of chili chocolate...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $54.92
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.94
12 bottles: $27.38
Deep ruby color with purple hints. Powerful, pungent aromas of sweet cherry, candied plum and toasty vanillin oak....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.93
12 bottles: $39.13
The sample of the 2021 Les Terrasses Velles Vinyes was truly impressive, a blend of 70% Garnacha and 30% Cariñena....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.95
12 bottles: $31.31
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.79
12 bottles: $34.09
Wild Strawberry, Raspberry, Blood Orange, Black Cherry, Rosemary, Violet, Baking Spices.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.93 $22.00
12 bottles: $19.76
The 2021 Involuntary Commitment Red Wine is made of 56% Cabernet Franc, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot and 3%...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.08 $21.20
Richly concentrated, juicy and dense with ripe dark cherry, accentuated by nuances of warm spice and dark chocolate....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $60.79
6 bottles: $59.57
AN is the iconic flagship wine of Anima Negra. Made primarily from indigenous Callet grapes (95%) with a touch of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.94
12 bottles: $37.18
ÀN/2 is a perfect introduction to the wines of Mallorca. This unique red is made from old vine Callet,...
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Nosiola Primitivo Red Blend Sherry 2021

As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.


Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.

Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.

Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.

Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.