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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.74 $15.00
The inestimable Randall Grahm has long been a poet of Picpoul, among other things, and this lovely example is loaded...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
Just about 12% of this Vin Gris is composed of traditional white Rhone varieties which add a surprising richness and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.67 $24.08
6 bottles: $20.00
Creamy brioche, nougat and vanilla threaded through with spiced lemons and white fruit. Round, medium- to full-bodied...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.90
12 bottles: $26.36
Passion fruit and Bing cherry come off the nose of this wine with a distinctive, wet gravel minerality. As you look...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.90
12 bottles: $44.00
60% Zinfandel,15% Grenache, 10% Alicante Bouschet, 5% Petite Sirah and 10% "other" (20+ other varieties, in fact)...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.93 $28.80
"Bambino" comes from a ten-acre block planted on Old Hill in 1998. This young-vine field blend is patterned after the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $20.52 $22.80
12 bottles: $18.24
Ripe white fruit and spice flavors show pastry accents, with biscuit notes on the finish. Drink now. 12,824 cases made.
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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: $25.27 $28.08
12 bottles: $20.52
The 2021 Chardonnay (Central Coast) is a very pretty entry-level offering. Lemon peel, white flowers and light...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $6.99
Grapes for this wine are sourced from many regions within California including the North and Central Coast...
White
750ml
Bottle: $12.78
12 bottles: $7.94
Light to medium-bodied wine with hints of ripe citrus, melon, and a refreshing crisp finish.
Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.94
12 bottles: $41.10
The appearance is medium red with a purple hue and semi-opaque center. From the glass classic aromas of cherry cola,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.44 $17.09
12 bottles: $16.11
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $21.88 $24.00
The 2022 Rosé of Pinot Noir Hopkins Ranch is a gorgeous aperitif-style Rosé to drink now and over the next year or...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $25.20
12 bottles: $23.94
• Certified Organic. • 100% Sauvignon Blanc. • Hopkins Ranch (Russian River Valley AVA). • Whole cluster...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $38.94 $40.08
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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White
750ml
Bottle: $36.07 $40.08
12 bottles: $30.40
This is perhaps the most elegant Chardonnay ever produced at Chalk Hill. The wine displays the tropical fruit and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.93 $16.66
This 2022 Russian River Valley Chardonnay leads with a fresh bouquet of yellow peach, baked apple, and lemon that...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $7.92 $11.00
Chateau Souverain Merlot opens with dark red fruit aromas reminiscent of black cherry, plum, and fresh blueberries...

United States California Central Coast Sonoma Valley 750ml

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.

The long and narrow Central Coast wine region of California stretches for approximately two hundred and fifty miles down the Pacific coastline, and holds hundreds of important Californian wineries who grow a wide array of imported grape varietals. As with the rest of California, the Central Coast region benefits enormously from the hot and sunny climate, which allows the grapes grown there to reach full ripeness and express plenty of big, juicy flavors and rich aromas. Dozens of grapes varietals are grown successfully on the Central Coast, however, classic French varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The region is renowned for its modern and experimental approach to viticulture, and with over 90,000 acres under vine, this is a veritable powerhouse of wine production in one of the most important New World regions on earth.

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.