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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.83
12 bottles: $34.13
Full bodied and fruity, with viscous jammy intensity, this is a gulpable red brimming in fleshy black fruit.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $40.95 $46.80
The 2017 Chardonnay Sangiacomo Vineyards opens with aromas of lemon meringue, popcorn, banana chip and stone fruits...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $39.94 $42.48
12 bottles: $34.28
Made from Chardonnay grapes grown only 10 miles from the Pacific Ocean in the famous Goldridge soils of the Russian...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $38.94 $39.60
12 bottles: $38.16
The 2017 Chardonnay Estate opens with notes of toast, cream, lemon pith and hay over a core of Red Delicious apple...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.72
12 bottles: $30.11
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $79.90 $84.00
Reduced, robust and succulent, this earthy red estate wine is energetic and focused, with delicately structured waves...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $97.42 $108.25
6 bottles: $48.95
Open-knit, with gentle flavors of raspberry and cherry preserves laced with red tea and singed sandalwood. A hint of...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $73.94
A new wine in this range, the 2017 Petite Sirah is a total knockout. Rich, ample and explosive, with terrific...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $40.60 $46.40
This is very subtle and complete with cooked lemons and apples and a complement of straw and gunpowder. Full-bodied,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $21.00
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $57.67 $64.08
6 bottles: $43.60
Based on 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Malbec, 12% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, the 2017...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $66.36
6 bottles: $65.03
The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon has approachable aromas of cocoa powder, warm plums and touches of charcuterie and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $99.94
6 bottles: $97.94
The 2017 Chardonnay Buena Tierra Vineyard conjures up provocative notions of buttered popcorn, crème brûlée and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Hand-harvested fruit was crushed and cold-extracted three days with vigorous irrigations for color and tannin early...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.56
12 bottles: $24.07
This celebrity namesake wine opens in a pungent earthiness as a touch of reduction hits the nose. The tannins are...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $123.30
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $122.23
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $82.42
The 2017 Chardonnay Highland Divide was barrel fermented and aged 12 months on the lees in 33% new oak. It's toasty...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $115.74
Pale to medium ruby, the 2017 Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard offers aromas of prosciutto, pepper, nutmeg and clove with...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $102.33
I also loved the 2017 Syrah Eddie's Patch, which has more of a Côte Rôtie vibe in its spring flowers, black...
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2006 2017 United States California Sonoma Valley

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.

California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.

California's beautiful and remarkably fertile Sonoma Valley has grown over the decades to become one of the United States' most respected and profitable wine regions, with wineries within the region benefiting from the superb Californian sunshine, low rainfall and wonderfully rich soils. Because of this vital combination of excellent conditions, the region is able to grow a wide range of grape varietals for use in the production of an impressive array of wines, with many different red and white wine grapes flourishing each year and producing excellent and characterful results. The soils have been enriched by volcanic activity, and the presence of geothermal springs, which make this region a unique one, and very much the beating heart of California's ever growing wine industry.