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720ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.44
A remarkably elegant honjozo popular with local Miyagi drinkers, this is made from premium Yamada Nishiki rice milled...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
375ml
Bottle: $36.00
12 bottles: $34.20
23 is a masterpiece, the flagship of DASSAI Blue. It is suitable for DASSAI Blue's concept of 'Blue comes out from...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
375ml
Bottle: $13.94
In the style of DASSAI, the unique point of this sake is its clean aroma and wonderful undertone of fruitiness....
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Sake/Fruit Wine
375ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $13.59
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.35
12 bottles: $17.98
Sliced lemons, freshly cut grass, citrus blossom and crushed stones on the nose. Medium-bodied, crisp and pure with...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
750ml
Bottle: $12.96 $15.00
Crystal clear in the glass, this aromatic sake gives off subtle aromas of lilies, river stones, and tapioca. Crisp...
UBC
94
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Sake/Fruit Wine
300ml
Bottle: $13.87
12 bottles: $13.18
Straw color. Aromas of ripe melon, shiso, grapefruit zest, pear, rainwater, elderflower, caraway, and star anise with...
BTI
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $25.60
Straw color. Aromas of ripe melon, shiso, grapefruit zest, pear, rainwater, elderflower, caraway, and star anise with...
BTI
94
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Sake/Fruit Wine
300ml
Bottle: $9.50
12 bottles: $9.03
Using only selected rice and rice koji, "SAYURI" is brewed up carefully with the natural spring water from Mount...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $17.50
Using only selected rice and rice koji, "SAYURI" is brewed up carefully with the natural spring water from Mount...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
750ml
Bottle: $15.99
Bursting with aromas of ripe melon and fresh lychee. At just 30% ABV, it’s lush yet light in the glass. Fleshy...
UBC
91
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $34.80
12 bottles: $33.06
This medium-sweet NV Alpha Kaze No Mori Type 3 Junmai Daiginjo has lovely small bubbles on the palate, a sign of...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $26.40
12 bottles: $25.08
This medium-sweet NV Alpha Kaze No Mori Shiboribana Junmai Muroka Nama Genshu shows superb freshness with peach,...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $40.47 $42.60
This sake boasts a natural Kimoto flavor, which is full-bodied and earthy, yet light. Exquisitely balanced and...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $36.00
Smooth and crisp with hints of apple, cucumber, and melon. Nose: Slightly floral, gala apple, lemon zest.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.89 $21.59
The soils of the island of Mozia derive from seabeds of marine origin. They are sandy and loose soils. The presence...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $48.00
12 bottles: $45.60
A beautifully dense and complex sake, the Ichiban Matoi contains notes of fresh tropical fruit like melon, papaya and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.51
12 bottles: $11.28

Grillo Sake Savatiano Rapid Ship

Savatiano is probably Greece's most well known and most widely grown grape varietal, as it is the primary grape used in the production of Retsina, where the fermenting juices of the Savatiano varietal are flavored with pine resin in order to make this distinctive and famous wine. One of the reasons for the wide cultivation of this grape is due to its hardiness, and resistance to drought conditions. In the sun-drenched and dry, rocky Greek landscapes, this makes it an ideal vine to grow for wine-makers who require a strong and bounteous yield each year.

However, there are plenty of examples of Greek white wines which use the Savatiano grape but withhold from the addition the pine resin flavoring, allowing the true characteristics of this varietal to shine through. The result is often very pleasing indeed, with Savatiano grapes generally producing extremely well balanced and rounded white wines, with a juicily fruity flavor. Their aromas can vary quite a lot, with many Savatiano wines bearing the fragrance of citrus fruits, and also occasionally having a strong floral aroma reminiscent of elder and rose. Due to the relatively low acidity of Savatiano grapes, the wines which use them (including Retsina) generally bolster themselves with the addition of smaller quantities of more acidic varieties, such as Assyrtiko or Rhoditis, in order to improve their sometimes weak structure.

Additional Information on Greek Wines


Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?