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Curl up near the fire with our darkest red. With layers of blackberry fruit, ripe blueberries and warm threads of...
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Our velvety smooth Pinot Noir wine is pleasantly dry and complements absolutely everything. Layered with notes of...
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If you can’t choose a red, choose them all with this medium-bodied red blend wine from distinct vineyards in...
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The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Rubicon, which used to be a proprietary blend and had a somewhat rustic, Italian...
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Beautifully aromatic with appealing depth on the palate, our Multi Appellation Pinot Noir offers a smooth,...
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This is a complex, layered and elegantly conceived wine. It's enjoyable now in its juicy waves of red currant and...
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Elegant and plush, this wine is both light and rich at the same time, as it combines a fine mousse of bubbles with...
Red 2012 NV United States California Illinois 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.