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Spirits
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12 bottles: $13.58
Introducing Allen’s Cold Brew Coffee Flavored Brandy, a new coffee experience from the trusted brand who has been...
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Spirits
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Sweet, spicy and alcoholic soft notes arrive, giving it a characteristically delicious and pleasant taste
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Spirits
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750ml
Bottle: $26.98 $28.40
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Brilliant golden colour. Complex, fine and elegant nose with pineapple and apricot aromas combined with notes of...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $42.25 $44.47
6 bottles: $41.83
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $363.60
6 bottles: $360.00
They say that Winston Churchill enjoyed a “mouthwash” of whiskey each morning. Whatever his daily routine, there...
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750ml
Bottle: $12.44 $13.09
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Heady aromas of lychee fruit and peaches play against subtle spiciness. Appealing fruit quialities continue on the...
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Spirits
750ml
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750ml
Bottle: $35.94
A perfect introduction to Sauternes, this has very nice dried-papaya and mango character, creamy richness and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $88.88
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750ml
Bottle: $93.00
12 bottles: $87.78
Beautiful aromas of orange zest are followed by gingerbread, caramel and crème brûlée flavors. This is a...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $113.40
12 bottles: $111.13
Tasted single blind against its peers. This has a very well -defined nose of dried pineapple, quince and vanilla pod...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $97.20
12 bottles: $91.20
Pale gold, the 2009 Climens offers up a fabulously fragrant nose of green tea, chamomile, powdered ginger, lemon...
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750ml
Bottle: $44.95 $48.60
Medium yellow-gold. Restrained aromas of peach and spices offer good lift. Very ripe and thick, with strong acidity...
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750ml
Bottle: $49.90
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750ml
Bottle: $59.94
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The 2010 Coutet has quite an intense bouquet with linseed oil and wax resin infusing the dried honey aromas, then...
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750ml
Bottle: $432.18 $480.20
Served from an ex-chateau bottle. The 1995 Chateau d’Yquem is moving into its secondary aroma phase. A deep golden...
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750ml
Bottle: $500.60
12 bottles: $474.91
Pale gold. Knockout aromas of creme brulee, coconut, vanilla bean, honey and orange peel. Lush and seductively silky...
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750ml
Bottle: $470.88 $523.20
Things were more difficult in Sauternes than in the rest of Bordeaux in the 2000 vintage, with a brilliant first...
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750ml
Bottle: $436.68 $485.20
A massive Yquem, this has a dense palate that is almost chewy like a red. Full and very sweet, with notes of dried...
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Brandy Petite Arvine Savatiano Semillon/sauvignon Blanc Traminette 750ml

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?