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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $123.50 $130.00
Warm, peppery rye spice is enveloped in maple and honey, supported by aromatic spicing of nutmeg and clove. With...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94
12 bottles: $16.60
This wine shows aromas of red fruits (mainly morello cherries) and spices (licorice, grey pepper). On the palate, the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $13.94
This deeply coloured wine has an inviting nose of dark cherry and chocolate. The palate is dense and rich, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.93
12 bottles: $29.33
Lots of ripe black fruits (blackberries, black cherries) emerge from the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Les Hauts De...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.73
Soft, ripe black forest compote nose; nice concentration of fruit on the palate. Good weight. Really well balanced in...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $13.01
Grown on sunny slopes and harvested at the peak of ripeness, Syrah and Grenache grapes give the wine its deep ruby...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.93 $14.73
Louis Barruol’s family acquired this estate in 1490, though its winemaking origins date back to Gallo-Roman times....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.93
12 bottles: $36.19
92-94 The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Du Baron, which has not been bottled yet, should be terrific. It offers...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
Certified HVE3*. Sourced from 40-year-old Muscadet vines planted in shallow soils of disintegrated mica/schist....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $47.90 $49.00
12 bottles: $46.94
The deeply fragrant nose pulls you inexorably into this majestic Chateauneuf. So vibrant and refined for this amount...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $12.94
Vibrant and bright aromas of pomegranate, raspberry, fresh herbs and purple flowers all showcase the elegance of this...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $169.94
TOP 100 SPIRITS 2022. A new release for 2022, this blended Canadian whiskey has a tawny hue and rich vanilla and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $29.15 $30.68
Versatile and ideal for mixing, look for light fresh apple and vanilla aromas and plenty of vanilla, oak, maple and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $27.35 $28.79
To create this extraordinary blend, Crown Royal™ Whiskies are hand selected and infused with the rich flavor of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $99.94
Pour yourself a glass of this and spend an hour experiencing how it opens up in stages. At first there’s an...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.90
12 bottles: $29.30
Darkly coloured. Lovely sense of freshness, florality and herbal detail. Fairly full and rounded, quite mature...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $92.63 $99.60
Stunningly complex nose of dried flowers, beeswax and candied citrus peel. However, the interplay of richness and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.00 $40.00
Last of the 2020s from bottle, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Matteo checks in as 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah all from...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $139.94
The tiny production 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Pure is all Grenache brought up in a single foudre. It's slightly...
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Canadian Whiskey Melon de Bourgogne Red Rhone Blend 750ml Rapid Ship

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.