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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
This lightly sweet sparkler shows a beautiful bouquet of pressed wildflowers, exotic melon fruit, chamomile, and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.57
12 bottles: $9.51
A high-toned nose of herbs, brambly earth, and candied berries comes through. On the palate, red and dark fruits come...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $74.94
Consumers take note: Barnett's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain District is more complex and structured than...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.64 $15.41
12 bottles: $11.52
With aromas of blackberry and mild oak, this is a full- bodied, rich wine that boasts layers of berry, currant, and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $51.60
12 bottles: $45.60
In the glass, dark garnet with significant browning around the edges. The nose is dominated by vegetal notes against...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.10 $15.89
12 bottles: $11.99
A vibrant ruby red, Jeunesse Cabernet Sauvignon is perfectly balanced between bold flavors of fresh berry, cherry and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.93
PALATE: Rich, complex, and full-bodied with silky tannins up front that lead to a juicy finish leaving you wanting a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.26 $13.96
12 bottles: $10.46
This appealing wine has approachable, fruit forward style with lush aromas of ripe blackberry and cherry supported by...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.94
Redcurrant and tile with some clove. Dark stone, too. Medium-bodied with some fresh herbs and dried thyme. Medium,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.45 $64.00
A very attractive red now, with complexity and yummy drinkability. It’s medium-bodied with medium, round tannins...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $51.12 $56.80
12 bottles: $50.54
With its blackberry patch aromatics followed by hints of raspberry preserves and accents of leather, there’s a...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.88
12 bottles: $15.05
Polished and approachable. Layered flavors of blackberry, nutmeg, coffee and spice. Full bodied, round tannins and a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.99
This wine is bursting with aromas of ripe black cherry, dark chocolate, and vanilla. The palate is lush with ripe...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.34 $15.10
12 bottles: $12.37
The Beringer Founders’ Estate Cabernet boasts flavors of black cherry, raspberry, vanilla and cinnamon spice....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.82 $24.19
A full-bodied red with redcurrants, rust and black chocolate aromas and flavors. Savory. Granular soft tannins. Very...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.94 $39.59
Very pretty depth with a tile and rock-like texture to this. Minerally. Redcurrant. Medium to full body. Juicy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.43 $13.08
The Basics Full of jammy black fruit flavors that make this wine enticing from the first sip The Taste The sweet...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.74 $43.60
Aromas of blackcurrant, paprika and black cherry. Full-bodied with powdery, slightly tight tannins. Juicy red and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $132.84 $147.60
Wild blackberry, cassis, dark chocolate, tobacco and dark spice on the nose. Dried violets, too. It’s medium-to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $159.94 $161.20
Plenty of sweet and floral fruit with hints of jam. Stone, too. Meat even. Full-bodied, yet very polished and...
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Cabernet Sauvignon Champagne Blend Mencia United States California 750ml

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

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.