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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.48 $18.40
12 bottles: $14.64
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.36 $20.40
12 bottles: $16.63
Blanc de Bleu, a sparkling wine with an added hint of blueberries, is a delicate wine reserved for memorable...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $40.88
6 bottles: $40.06
This full-bodied and full-flavored wine from a high-elevation vineyard is packed with ripe juicy plum and raspberry...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $34.92 $37.20
6 bottles: $34.22
Aromas are elegantly layered with bread yeast, roses, and raspberries. Flavors echo the aromas with tart red berries...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.77 $29.75
12 bottles: $18.81
Fresh and lively, with appealing lemon and strawberry flavors that finish on a steely note. Drink now. 50,000 cases...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.77 $29.75
12 bottles: $19.57
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $42.12
Satiny, rich, and complex, with layers of butterscotch, fig, apricot and pear that are impeccably balanced. Bold and...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $38.81
An unusually deep gold color and well-developed, mature aromas and flavors set this wine apart from the crowd, along...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $41.04
Crushed red fruit and clay on the nose. Full-to medium-bodied with well-structured tannins. Juicy, ripe red and black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.79
12 bottles: $32.30
Concentrated but also nervy in texture, this full-bodied wine is driven by pure black-cherry and raspberry flavors...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $40.93
12 bottles: $40.11
Rich, dark and full bodied, this expansive wine is full of black-fruit flavors and smoky oak, all wrapped in a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.44 $15.17
12 bottles: $14.15
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $21.96 $24.40
12 bottles: $19.76
This delightful, domestic sparkler is teaming with aromas of fresh orchard fruits and chalky, mineral tones. The bead...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $23.18 $24.40
12 bottles: $19.76
Crisp and vibrant, with boldly expressive cherry, toasty, yeast and graham cracker flavors that finish on a snappy...
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91
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White
750ml
Bottle: $34.79 $37.20
12 bottles: $34.20
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.93 $37.20
12 bottles: $34.20
A deep ruby red color with a combination of dried earth and musky roses with penetrating spice aromas on the nose....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.94
6 bottles: $34.24
This full-bodied wine is strongly shaped by firm tannins and a spicy, new-oak quality that fills the aroma with...
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Sparkling
375ml
Bottle: $13.93 $15.21
24 bottles: $13.65
Extremely fresh and floral with sliced apples, stones and some white peach. Bread dough, too. Fine bead. Medium to...
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94
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93
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Rapid Ship
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $25.30 $27.20
Extremely fresh and floral with sliced apples, stones and some white peach. Bread dough, too. Fine bead. Medium to...
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94
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93
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $37.80 $42.00
12 bottles: $36.48
A delicious rosé that comes across dry, with baked strawberry-pie character, in a subtle and attractive way. Some...
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94
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2018 NV United States California Carneros Mendocino County

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.

Carneros is one of California's key wine producing regions, situated close to the Pacific coast. Although Carneros is relatively young, having been first used for viticulture in the 1940's, it has proven to be a highly successful region, capable of growing high quality grapes and producing wines of real character and distinction. Unlike many other regions of California, Carneros is considerably cooler, and benefits from the tempering effect of Pacific fog on the vineyards. As a direct result of this, Carneros wineries are able to produce fine grape varietals which require cooler temperatures, such as Chardonnay and Pinot Noir – grapes perfect for the sparkling wines the region has become famous for. However, plenty of still red and white wines are made in the region, from a wide array of grape varietals.