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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
• 100% Schiava (Vernatsch) from Cornaiano. • Elevation is 350 to 420 m with a northerly exposure. • Soils are...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.55 $17.08
12 bottles: $15.44
COLOR: Ruby-red with a purple shimmer. AROMA Subtly pronounced, fresh, fruity, floral (violet), white pepper....
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $29.80
A fresh, complex, aerial Marsanne-based white wine. Notes of pear, peach, floral (hawthorn) and anise with a hint of...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $98.94
Golden yellow in color with aromas of white pear and apple blossom. Rich and textural on the palate with flavors of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.01
12 bottles: $24.50
The work horse of the region in terms of planted acres, this varietal likens itself to Gamay (Beaujolais), or...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $27.12
12 bottles: $26.58
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White
750ml
Bottle: $38.00
12 bottles: $37.24
• Practicing organic. • 100% Marsanne. • From multiple steep parcels in the villages of Mauves, Tournon – the...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $21.60
Indigenous and deeply rooted: the Merano Schiava has been grown around Merano for centuries as the area provides the...
White
750ml
Bottle: $32.94
12 bottles: $32.28
• Certified organic. • 100% Marsanne. • From the original Crozes villages of Crozes-Hermitage. • A single...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $99.94
12 bottles: $97.94
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White
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
• Certified organic. • 100% Marsanne. • 60+ year old vines. • 2 terraced parcels on opposite sides of the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $39.94 $41.20
Another beautiful white from the team, the 100% Marsanne 2021 Crozes Hermitage Les Meysonniers Blanc offers up lots...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $595.08 $661.20
Very rich, but racy and well-focused, with a great minerally underpinning to the fresh butter, chamomile, yellow...
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95
White
750ml
Bottle: $787.95
6 bottles: $772.19
As in 2016, my favorite of the white parcel selections this year is the 2017 Ermitage l'Ermite Blanc (231 cases...
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98
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White
750ml
Bottle: $99.94 $105.20
Always a classic Hermitage Blanc, the 2019 Hermitage Chante-Alouette Blanc is all Marsanne that comes mostly from...
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DC
94
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White
750ml
Bottle: $97.56 $108.40
Brilliant all the way, the 2020 Hermitage Chante-Alouette Blanc is a white readers should snatch up. All Marsanne...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $42.00
12 bottles: $36.48
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White
750ml
Bottle: $20.52 $22.80
12 bottles: $18.24
A classically Californian take on the northern Rhône — the cool nights and mornings ensuring the wine maintains...

Grappa Marsanne Mencia Wine

Like so many of the great spirits of Europe, Grappa was born from a need to make resources go that little bit further, to eke out the last drop of flavor and potential from the crops of winemakers. Indeed, Italian vintners invented Grappa as a way to make use of the pomace - leftover grape skins, stems, pulp and seeds - which remained after the juice was extracted from the fruit needed to make wine. Over the centuries, the process was refined, and the distillation of Grappa became an art in itself. Today, top Grappa producers use a range of state of the art equipment, from continuous stills to pot stills, to manufacture a wide variety of Grappas, each with their own distinct characteristics.


Most of us know Grappa from our local Italian restaurants, where it is commonly served as a digestif. However, in the twenty first century, there is a high interest in unique, boutique Grappas, which showcase the talent of the distillers through a range of interesting qualities. Grappa can be aged in oak, in which case it takes on a beautiful golden color, quite different from the clear Grappas we are most familiar with. The high end Grappas are a world away from the harsh spirit many of us have encountered, and have a smooth, gentle quality which can be nothing short of a revelation.