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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $67.50
The 2019 Gracias Madre, 100% Grenache Noir, is fabulous. Rich, creamy and super-expressive, the 2019 offers notable...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $49.60
6 bottles: $48.80
WHITE PEACH | VIVACIOUS | WET STONE
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $24.90
12 bottles: $24.40
The 2019 sparkling wine vintage in the Willamette Valley was precise, full of beautiful natural acidity and tension...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
Planted in 1990, at 850 feet of elevation, the Dijon clone chardonnay planted in Julia Lee's Block furnishes this...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.00
12 bottles: $29.88
This has aromas of raspberries, blackberries, currants, rosehips and hazelnuts. It’s medium-bodied with fine, silky...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $59.94
12 bottles: $58.74
The sensual and georgic Pinot noir, of our vineyards seized by the woods, transfuses into the glass undergrowth notes...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.00
Leathery and earthy nuances with touches of black pepper under lots of dark fruit aromas. Very dense and smooth...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $41.01
Deep crimson-purple color. Elegant, refined nose, mingling toasted and vanilla notes with aromas of blackberries and...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $44.94
12 bottles: $44.04
The Bellavista La Scala Vendemmia Brut Franciacorta DOCG from Bellavista seduces with very fine ascending perlage in...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.65
12 bottles: $32.00
Some stewed berries with walnut and light sultana undertones. Chocolate, too. It’s full-bodied with a nice core of...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
Best’s Great Western Sparkling Shiraz was re- introduced at Best’s in 2006 after almost 40 years of absence. The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.83 $32.20
12 bottles: $29.45
Blackcurrant, sandalwood and rose-petal aromas follow through to a medium body with very fine tannins and a fresh,...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $223.00
Expressive nose filled with softly perfumed red fruit with touches of blackcurrant and black cherries. Great acidity,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $92.00
Expressive nose filled with softly perfumed red fruit with touches of blackcurrant and black cherries. Great acidity,...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.90 $18.79
12 bottles: $17.54
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $114.94
Aged for 15 years on its lees, this mature Champagne is toasty, sheding its bright fruitiness while gaining a richer,...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $33.94
12 bottles: $33.26
Velvet perlage in the glass. On the nose ripe pears and apple with the yeasty note from the bottle fermentation. On...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $39.95
6 bottles: $39.15
Light, but with beautiful tension, lively acidity and pleasant mineral notes: a touch of class. The traditional (or...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $23.65
This is an incredibly versatile sparkler that has crisp and pretty stone fruit with light raspberry notes and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $486.63 $540.70
The second wine of the estate, the 2019 Carruades De Lafite offers a beautiful, Lafite-like bouquet of crème de...
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Champagne Blend Red Bordeaux 2000 2019

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.