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White
750ml
Bottle: $169.93
12 bottles: $166.53
Complex and super intense Palo Cortado, loaded with concentration. Salted caramel, toffee, walnut and some tangy...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $40.50
6 bottles: $39.69
Pale pink color with fine and very persistent perlage. Intense and enveloping aroma with hints of golden apple peel,...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $13.00
12 bottles: $12.35
Rose
750ml
Bottle: $11.94
12 bottles: $11.52
Pale rose color, notes of melon, peach and red berries, with the characteristic and fragrant bouquet that is typical...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.89 $15.83
This is bright for a cream Sherry, with green tea and singed ginger notes out front, providing heft to the date,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94 $15.83
Sea salt, Brazil nut and dried chamomile notes are racy and filigreed, with a stony edge on the finish. Drink now.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $69.95
6 bottles: $68.55
The NV El Tresillo Amontillado Fino is from the El Tresillo solera (hence the same name as the 1874 Amontillado). It...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $27.94 $31.19
Shows lovely focus and persistence, with a prominent thread of bitter almond that runs from start to finish, while...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $59.93 $64.79
The NV Villapanes Oloroso wears a dark amber-brown robe and has a very intense nose, showing some marmalade, dark...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.46 $13.00
12 bottles: $11.23
This traditional dessert wine compares favorably to the most famous imported brands of cream sherry - only ours is...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.11 $11.70
12 bottles: $8.55
A refreshingly bright personality with delicate notes of apple and citrus, Dark Horse California Pinot Grigio is the...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $11.11 $11.70
12 bottles: $8.55
Pull out the lawn chair because this fruit-forward rosé wine pairs perfectly with a sunny day. With refreshing...
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $214.93
A fascinating 40-year-old spirit – Speyside by way of the tropics. Expressive aromas and flavors of both fleshy...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $39.93
12 bottles: $39.13
Solid, good-value 10-year-old from Grande Champagne. Golden in color, offering bright, warm notes of apricot, plum...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $39.94
12 bottles: $39.14
This five-year-old from Grand Champagne is a fine example of a young, all-around Cognac that can be sipped and also...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $74.94 $76.80
12 bottles: $73.44
Age makes all the difference in Grande Champagne, and at 20 years old, this Cognac has begun to show its elegance and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.36 $13.01
On the palate, it is a complex wine that offers delicate floral and tropical fruit notes of pineapple, passion fruit...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $54.94 $58.20
6 bottles: $53.84
Named for the distiller—the only woman Cognac distiller, according to the producer. Look for a light golden hue and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $34.94
Pineau de Charentes is a traditional term for an alcoholic beverage produced by adding high-strength spirit to...
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Cognac Pinot Gris Rose / Blush Sherry NV

For over three hundred years, Cognac has enjoyed its reputation as the king of brandies. Indeed, it is widely regarded as the finest drink to be distilled from grapes to be found anywhere in the world, and it is a testament to its producers and the master craftsmen who make it that this reputation has never faltered, and remains as strong as ever to this day.

Cognac is produced solely in the beautiful towns of Cognac and Jarnac, found about fifty miles north of Bordeaux, on the west coast of France. Here, around six thousand grape growers work exclusively in the production of white wine, used for the Cognac distilleries which are scattered throughout the region. The wines are made primarily from the Ugni Blanc or Trebbiano grape - one of the most commonly planted grape varietals in the world - which benefit from the cool, coastal climate and mineral rich soils which are found there. The wines themselves wouldn’t be suitable for drinking in themselves, as they are high in acid and low in alcohol, but this makes them ideal for distillation, and they can impart their wonderful, complex, rich flavors to the brandy.

Cognac varies quite significantly from bottle to bottle, depending on how long it has been aged for, and which appellation it comes from. The Cognac region is split into six separate Crus, all with their own distinctive characteristics, and the spirit can be aged from two years (VS) to six (Hors d’Age and Napoleon) and longer.

The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.

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.