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The 2021 ‘Palengat’ comes from the Mach One Vineyard which utilizes Clone 685 Cabernet Sauvignon. Stored in all...
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The 2021 ‘Tchelistcheff’ is a tribute to after Paul Golitzin’s uncle, Andre Tchelistcheff, who was a United...
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Red
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Bottle: $29.94 $31.20
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Although this wine is sourced from top tier vineyards from all over “Lower Eastern” Washington, the fruit is...
Red
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Bottle: $159.94
6 bottles: $156.74
Ripe and exuberant Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were the driving force in this wine with a very slight amount of Malbec...
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There is a wonderful balance between fruit and herbal flavors in this Cabernet. Black cherry and raspberry marry...
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Bottle: $127.15
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This Cabernet is sourced from four sites: Seven Hills, Mill Creek Upland, Leonetti Old Block, and Loess vineyards....
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Bottle: $16.75
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This expressive Cabernet Sauvignon is earthy with hints of toasted vanilla with a lush finish showcasing dark red fruit.
Red
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Bottle: $159.94
A showy yet precise 100% Cabernet from Delille's Red Mountain estate site Grand Ciel, planted in 2000. Red florals...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $91.94
94-97 Coming from four different sites on Red Mountain, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Four Flags is brilliant, if not a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $70.79
12 bottles: $69.37
The aromatic combination of blueberries, pecans toasted with a bit of honey, coffee and crunchy dried oak leaves...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $88.79
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One sip and you, much like the fellows in Yes, will want to be the owner of a Lonely Heart. This superb 100% Red...
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Red
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Bottle: $19.90
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lmpactful deep cherry aromas with hints of vanilla, dark chocolate and clove open your mind to the tasting experience...
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Red
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Plush and zesty, this medium-bodied version is lively with black cherry, toasty mocha and spice flavors that zip...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $249.94
With 90% of the grapes from Champoux Vineyard and 10% from Mach One Vineyard, this blend could have been labeled...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.93 $25.19
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The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon blends dark fruit aromas and flavors from Novelty Hill’s Stillwater Creek Estate on the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.28
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.94
12 bottles: $27.38
Complex aromatics of dried cherries, plum, and mocha with a hint of garden herbs and butterscotch. The palate has...
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Bottle: $18.94 $20.88
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Can there ever be too much of a good thing? That's how this beautifully dark & rich Cabernet makes us feel. Ruby red...
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Floral aromas, with blueberries and hints of vanilla that follow through to a medium body with fine tannins and a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.50
12 bottles: $19.11
Browne Family Vineyards Skull & Chain pays tribute to William Bitner Browne, grandfather of proprietor Andrew Browne,...
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Cabernet Sauvignon Rye Whiskey United States Missouri Washington State

Rye Whiskey is enjoying something of a renaissance of late, with sales rocketing in recent years thanks to a growing interest in strong, unique flavors, and small, independent distilleries. Rye Whiskey is a drink which is all about powerful, bold flavors, with plenty of spice and bitterness when drunk young. Aged, however, it takes on a deep set of subtle notes which are beautifully mellow and complex, and becomes a fascinating example of what whiskey can be when made with expert hands.

In order for an American Whiskey to be labeled a Rye Whiskey, it must have a mash content which is no less than fifty one percent rye. This separates it from Bourbon, and it is this which gives it its distinctive flavor and spiciness. Toffee, cinnamon, caraway, cloves and oak are typical tasting notes, and ‘straight rye’ whiskies - which are aged in charred oak barrels - take on plenty of the smokiness of the wood, adding a further, fascinating facet.

Rye Whiskey has its spiritual home in the northeastern states of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and cities like Pittsburgh produced vast quantities of Rye Whiskey in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most the old distilleries were closed during the prohibition era, after which time rye whiskey more or less disappeared completely, but the twenty-first century is seeing old recipes being resurrected and released to rave reviews.

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.

Since it began in the 1820s, wine-production in Washington state has gone from strength to strength, with many of the finest United States wines coming out over the past twenty years hailing from this region. Today, the state is the second largest US producer of wines, behind California, with over forty thousand acres under vine. The state itself is split into two distinct wine regions, separated by the Cascade Range, which casts an important rain shadow over much of the area. As such, the vast majority of vines are grown and cultivated in the dry, arid desert-like area in the eastern half of the state, with the western half producing less than one percent of the state's wines where it is considerably wetter. Washington state is famed for producing many of the most accessible wines of the country, with Merlot and Chardonnay varietal grapes leading the way, and much experimentation with other varietals characterizing the state's produce in the twenty-first century.