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The word chaparral defines dry vegetation consisting of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes; as any Californian knows,...
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Made in the style of a traditional Italian red bitter, Brucato Orchards blossoms in ripe, red fruit and playful...
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Brucato Woodlands recalls cool, dark redwood forests. Rich and assertive enough to use like an amaro but balanced and...
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Spicy and sweet, this liqueur captures the warm, lingering heat that ginger fans crave. The secret lies in distilling...
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With its garnet hue, concentrated raspberry jamminess and just the faintest floral suggestion on the finish, this is...
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Floral and tea like, FRUITLAB Jasmine liqueur drinks like the nectar of real flowers. It’s bold enough for...
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TOP 100 SPIRITS 2019. Look for a honey hue and bright, mild orange aroma. The palate is light and easy-sipping, with...
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Floral, citrusy and bittersweet, this amaro captures California’s coastal and mountain flora in a bottle. It’s...
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TOP 100 SPIRITS 2018. A coffee aficionado's liqueur, this limited release was made as a partnership with San...
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RATED TOP 2 WINE SPECIALITY 2022. Golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of lemon and honey ricola cough drop,...
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Temptation never tasted so good. Triple Sec Liqueur so good that even Bad Decisions go down well. Our...
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Inky dark brown in the glass, this liqueur suggests strong espresso in look, aroma and taste. Inspired by New...
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Both elegant and earthy, this liqueur has all the complexity of a perfectly ripe Bartlett pear. Cinnamon and clove...
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TOP 100 SPIRITS 2016. Made with Venezuelan cacao and Mexican vanilla, this complex take on a staple liqueur is ruddy...
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Crème de menthe GLACIALE Tempus Fugit Spirits Crème de Menthe is fully distilled from botanicals and is unique in...
Aglianico Liqueur Marsala United States California 750ml
Aglianico is a black skinned grape most commonly associated with the exquisite wines of the Campania region of Italy. It thrives most happily in hot and dry climates, and as such, has had plenty of success in the New World, particularly in the United States, where it is used to great effect in many red wines. It was believed to come from Greece several thousand years ago, brought by Pheonician tradesman, and was wildly popular in Roman times, when it was used in the finest wines made by the Roman empire. Aglianico grapes produce full bodied red wines which have a high tannin and acid content. As such, it has excellent ageing potential, and with a standard amount of time in a barrel, it rounds out and mellows to produce beautifully balanced wines.
Marsala is a well known fortified wine from Italy’s largest island, Sicily. A largely misunderstood and undervalued fortified wine, it is most commonly associated with its sweet variety - usually used as a cooking wine - although the finest dry Masalas are able to stand up to more revered, similar wines such as Sherry and Madeira. Marsala has been made in Sicily since the mid 18th century, and it grew wildly popular around Europe as sailors introduced it to port towns across the continent. Marsala wine has a beautiful set of flavors, most typically including apricot, tamarind, vanilla and tobacco, making it a delightfully intense treat when served as a sipping wine.
Marsala wine comes in several different varieties, and most of them are a world away from the sweet wines used in sauces and chicken dishes. Amber, golden and ruby versions of Masala are produced, from a range of different native grape varietals, and many of the finest are aged for over ten years to achieve a fascinating set of complex flavors and a remarkably smooth finish. It is usually made from the Grillo, Inzolia, Damaschino and Catarratto white grapes, although the ruby Masala wines uses typical Sicilian red varietals such as Nero d’Avola and Calabrese, among others.
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.