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White
750ml
Bottle: $40.95 $46.80
The 2017 Chardonnay Sangiacomo Vineyards opens with aromas of lemon meringue, popcorn, banana chip and stone fruits...
WA
89
WS
88
Rapid Ship
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $7.99
Ballatore Gran Spumante Sparkling White Wine is sweet and crisp. Aromas of ripe peach and apricot combine with melon...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.94 $32.10
The 2017 Bootleg Red Wine checks in as 73% Cabernet Sauvignon and 27% Merlot that's mostly from Howell Mountain, yet...
JD
91
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.79 $18.34
12 bottles: $17.43
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $109.20
Distilled from beer and aged in French oak, this is a sophisticated flavored whiskey. The aromas are honeyed and...
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91
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $10.01
12 bottles: $9.51
Cook's Mango Mimosa California Sparkling White Wine has lovely floral aromas and mouthwatering flavors of bright...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $8.55
Curl up near the fire with our darkest red. With layers of blackberry fruit, ripe blueberries and warm threads of...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.68 $21.16
Toasty lemon notes with a slight saline edge. Clean and mineral palate with some autolytic character.
DC
90
WE
90
Rapid Ship
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.99
Smooth and luxurious, this rich and balanced wine layers persimmon and ginger over white cherry and raspberry for a...
WE
90
WS
90
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $20.40
12 bottles: $19.99
Aromas of honeysuckle mingle with pink grapefruit and zesty key lime on the nose. On the palate, bright notes of...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $13.00
Characteristically sweet with a creamy medium-body. Hints of honey and tropical fruit, with a long finish.
Rapid Ship
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.99
Ripe fruits of honeydew and yellow apple mingle with sourdough and fresh grass notes. Full-bodied and quite...
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Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $40.60 $46.40
This is very subtle and complete with cooked lemons and apples and a complement of straw and gunpowder. Full-bodied,...
JS
95
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.99
#7 Top 10 Values of 2022. Delicate in style yet plush, with pretty cherry, lemon verbena and yeast roll flavors that...
WS
90
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.97 $20.40
Steely and refreshing, with appealing green apple and kiwi flavors. Drink now. 2,000 cases made.
WS
88
Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.94
This is a great appellation wine blended with small amounts of Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Cedar, char...
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95
WS
90
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $69.90 $72.14
Opulent yet detailed, with expressive pear and cherry flavors accented by roasted hazelnut, brioche and fresh ginger....
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94
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $25.30 $27.20
Extremely fresh and floral with sliced apples, stones and some white peach. Bread dough, too. Fine bead. Medium to...
JS
94
WE
93
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $399.94 $499.94
Tasted from bottle, the deeply hued 2017 Grenache The Gorgeous Victim checks in as 76% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre, 9%...
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WA
98
JD
98
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $424.94 $499.94
Named after Manfred’s grandfather, the 2017 Syrah The Hated Hunter is 82.4% Syrah, 7.8% Petite Sirah, 5.2%...
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2017 NV United States California Maine 750ml Rapid Ship

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.