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Red
750ml
Bottle: $82.89
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Brilliant ruby. An expansive bouquet evokes ripe red fruit, candied flowers, black cardamom and musky earth, and a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.88
12 bottles: $21.44
A soft, smooth and most enjoyable bottle, this shows plenty of well-ripened fruit, from strawberry to raspberry and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.40
With the Barham Mendelsohn label, Jim stretches his Pinot potential to include one of California's best growing...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.23 $22.48
12 bottles: $17.62
The B Side Pinot Noir offers lifted aromas of fresh black cherry, rose petal, and brewed black tea. The nose rings...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.28
6 bottles: $58.09
The 2018 Pinot Noir has layers of tart cherry, Christmas (Douglas Fir, candle wax, and gingerbread), dried orange...
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750ml
Bottle: $34.32
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With the majority of its fruit from the Hirschy Vineyard, the 2018 Pinot Noir Athena is dark ruby and takes on a bit...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.94 $23.52
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Vivacious and full on the palate, the red fruit (think Twizzlers) pops, and the uninterrupted juiciness melds with...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $57.94
12 bottles: $56.78
Concentrated raspberry tart and plum paste flavors show lively floral notes that are backed by firm acidity and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.90
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An estate-grown wine given 30% whole-cluster fermentation, this is a fleshy and lively red wine, broad in appeal and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $40.88
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This full-bodied and full-flavored wine from a high-elevation vineyard is packed with ripe juicy plum and raspberry...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.94
Beautiful. Ripe black cherry, plum, spice, licorice, cedar and new leather are some of the many notes that emerge...
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750ml
Bottle: $69.94
12 bottles: $68.54
Always true to its feminine name, the 2018 Emmaline Ann Pinot Noir is a textbook showing of the most understated and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.79
12 bottles: $32.30
Concentrated but also nervy in texture, this full-bodied wine is driven by pure black-cherry and raspberry flavors...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $40.93
12 bottles: $40.11
Rich, dark and full bodied, this expansive wine is full of black-fruit flavors and smoky oak, all wrapped in a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $64.80
Modern and elegant with deep aromas of ripe cherry and strawberry, followed by black tea and anise. On the palate...
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Bottle: $31.92
Tart and firm in structure, with modest cherry, smoky meat and spice flavors. Drink now through 2025. 1,200 cases made.
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $71.89
Cool ocean-breeze influence here, with a very fragrant violet, red-cherry and blueberry nose, really pristine. The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.43 $30.48
12 bottles: $22.80
Clean, aromatic and varietally spot-on, this draws upon excellent raw material to craft a no-pretense, solidly built...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $69.94
12 bottles: $68.54
This is a blend of several parcels at Iron Horse, named for the Goldridge soils that dominate these rolling Green...
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Malbec Marsala Pinot Noir 2018 United States 750ml

The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.

Marsala is a well known fortified wine from Italy’s largest island, Sicily. A largely misunderstood and undervalued fortified wine, it is most commonly associated with its sweet variety - usually used as a cooking wine - although the finest dry Masalas are able to stand up to more revered, similar wines such as Sherry and Madeira. Marsala has been made in Sicily since the mid 18th century, and it grew wildly popular around Europe as sailors introduced it to port towns across the continent. Marsala wine has a beautiful set of flavors, most typically including apricot, tamarind, vanilla and tobacco, making it a delightfully intense treat when served as a sipping wine.



Marsala wine comes in several different varieties, and most of them are a world away from the sweet wines used in sauces and chicken dishes. Amber, golden and ruby versions of Masala are produced, from a range of different native grape varietals, and many of the finest are aged for over ten years to achieve a fascinating set of complex flavors and a remarkably smooth finish. It is usually made from the Grillo, Inzolia, Damaschino and Catarratto white grapes, although the ruby Masala wines uses typical Sicilian red varietals such as Nero d’Avola and Calabrese, among others.

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.