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A picturesque river meandering its way through breezy, sunny California vineyards.
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A bracing acidity provides a crisp, elegant touch throughout. Enjoy by itself or pair with fresh vegetables, semi...
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Our Pinot Grigio is grown in select California vineyards, where chilly ocean breezes produce grapes with balanced...
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Eyrie pioneered the variety in the New World and the New World’s oldest vines contribute to this cuvée. We take a...
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The 2019 Pinot Meunier is expressive and detailed. It has a medium ruby color and aromas of wild red and black...
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Slightly dry, with a crisp and clean finish for a wine with less sugar and no flavor additives. Now you can drink...
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$14.09
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$11.42
Light-bodied, refreshing Pinot Grigio with tropical citrus, ripe pear and a zesty, clean finish. Eat with...
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A crisp, full bodied style, with sur lie aging; lovely flavors of pears and papaya with scents of toasted almonds and...
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We have been making Pinot gris as a “red wine” before it was cool (~2014). A genetic variant of Pinot noir, yet...
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Pear, lime, and honeysuckle aromas that are accented by green mango, fennel blossom, and slate. Flavors of apple,...
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What do you get when you blend the refreshingly crisp notes of green apple, white peach and citrus? You get a wine...
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What do you get when you blend the refreshingly crisp notes of green apple, white peach and citrus? You get a wine...
750ml
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$16.12
$17.91
12 bottles:
$13.99
This bright and refreshing Pinot Gris offers generous aromas of pear and green apple that are accompanied by hints of...
Pinot Gris Mencia Tequila United States
The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.
Tequila is probably Mexico’s greatest gift to the world of fine spirits, and is also possibly one of the most underestimated and misunderstood drinks in the world. Widely used for shots and slammers, and more often than not associated with parties and hangovers, Tequila is in fact a wonderful drink full of subtleties and expression of terroir, that is highly rewarding for those who look into its finer points.
One of the special things about Tequila is the fact that it is capable of expressing the fine nuances and subtle notes of its raw material, far more so than other, similar spirits. That raw material is, of course, the Blue Agave - not a cactus, as is commonly believed, but rather a succulent quite like a lily, which grows in the deserts of Mexico mainly around the province of Jalisco. The Blue Agave takes a decade to mature, and during those ten years, it takes in many of the features of its surroundings, just like a grapevine would. This is why Tequila varies in flavor and aroma from region to region, from the earthier Tequilas of the lowlands, to the more delicate and floral examples from areas of a higher altitude.
The picking and peeling of the spiky Agave, and the distillation process of Tequila is a complicated one, and one which is carried out with enormous skill by the jimadors and master craftsmen who produce the spirit. Steam cooking of the body of the plant is followed by crushing, then fermentation and distillation completes the process. The end product is categorized according to whether or not it is made with pure (‘puro’) agave, or blended with other sugars, and according to how long the spirit is aged for.
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.