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$18.93
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$18.55
This stunning wine leaps out of the glass, with concentrated flavors and aromas of white peach, quince and pineapple,...
750ml
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$17.44
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$17.09
Since 1989 our family owned and operated winery has produced wines of superior quality and value. This handcrafted...
750ml
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$64.79
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$63.49
This big, brooding wine is ripe and sturdy—a study in foresty earth and truffle. Wild strawberry flavors ride a...
750ml
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$25.94
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$25.42
Exuberant banana, pluot, peach, pineapple, floral and lime aromas form the initial impressions of this 100% stainless...
750ml
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$17.94
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$17.58
The focus is on bright fruit and minerality with apricot and white peach notes and floral aromatics.
750ml
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$15.41
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$15.10
Bosc pear, lemon meringue, graham cracker, white flowers. Creamy body with fresh fruit, citrus notes and bright...
750ml
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$29.92
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$29.32
Nose that captures the freshness and lively aromatics of the fruit: bright and vibrant, with floral notes of...
750ml
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$19.45
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$19.06
The 2023 vintage went through 100% malolactic fermentation which produced this lovely textured wine. Aromas of...
750ml - Case of 12
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$39.10
This wine might blow your mind. It is incredibly luscious in the mouth. The color is ruby red and smells of violets,...
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Liquid Farm Chardonnay White Hill 2013
750ml - Case of 12
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$68.53
This wine has great tension, mouthfeel, and focus. Notes of lemon, oyster-shell, and river rocks on both the nose and...
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Rhys Pinot Noir Bearwallow Vineyard 2013
750ml - Case of 12
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$81.93
The 2013 Pinot Noir Bearwallow Vineyard is as sexy and fruit driven as the wines from this estate get. Giving up tons...
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Sandhi Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict 2013
750ml - Case of 6
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$84.15
The grapes for this wine are from the original 1971 plantings at Sanford & Benedict. Having access to the 41 year-old...
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The Hilt Pinot Noir The Vanguard 2013
750ml - Case of 6
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$74.71
So much wild black fruit. Plum and blackberry. High toned and pure. Tons of flesh, but also so muscular. Smokey and...
Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2013 2023 United States California 750ml
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.
Regularly described as being the grape varietal responsible for producing the world's most romantic wines, Pinot Noir has long been associated with elegance and a broad range of flavors The name means 'black pine' in French, and this is due to the fact that the fruit of this particular varietal is especially dark in color, and hangs in a conical shape, like that of a pine cone. Despite being grown today in almost every wine producing country, Pinot Noir is a notoriously difficult grape variety to cultivate. This is because it is especially susceptible to various forms of mold and mildew, and thrives best in steady, cooler climates. However, the quality of the fruit has ensured that wineries and vintners have persevered with the varietal, and new technologies and methods have overcome many of the problems it presents. Alongside this, the wide popularity and enthusiasm for this grape has ensured it will remain a firm favorite amongst wine drinkers for many years to come.
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.