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Red
375ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
Plump and generous, with jammy cherry and raspberry flavors laced with black pepper and briar patch accents. Ends...
WS
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $10.09 $10.62
24 bottles: $7.67
Created in 1860, Early Times grew up during the early days of the country, when most of America was still country....
Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $8.74
24 bottles: $6.60
Red
375ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Enticing strawberry and red-plum aromas lead to a combination of wild berry, oak leaves and cranberry flavors on a...
WE
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $22.75
A classic Manhattan cocktail exuding timeless sophistication and elegance. Rich and smooth, it entices with notes of...
UBC
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $22.00 $23.16
12 bottles: $17.10
Aromas of orange marmalade, toasted oak, and a hint of baking spices tantalize the senses. On the palate, the velvety...
UBC
92
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $25.43 $26.77
12 bottles: $20.16
This honey-colored whiskey is mellow, smooth, mouthwatering and delicious. Rich and pretty caramel and citrus aromas...
WE
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $17.99
Familiar maple syrup color and vanilla and oak flavor, good dose of alcohol burn. Finishes relatively dry, with some...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $20.40 $21.47
24 bottles: $15.83
Sometimes, mixing fire and whiskey is a good thing. Our Tennessee Fire blends warm cinnamon liqueur with the bold...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $10.05 $10.58
24 bottles: $7.63
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $12.48 $13.87
12 bottles: $11.94
The grapes for our Klinker Brick Old Vine Zinfandel come from several different vineyards within the Lodi...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $21.09 $22.20
12 bottles: $17.10
Pours a lovely deep amber with gold highlights and shows lovely aromas of corncake, cinnamon cookie, orange...
UBC
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $13.24 $13.94
24 bottles: $12.60
Old Camp Peach Pecan Whiskey is the latest project from award-winning country duo Florida Georgia Line. Members Tyler...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $13.49 $14.20
12 bottles: $12.05
Put a little sizzle with your sweetness. Creativity is at the heart of this whiskey when we added the sweet taste of...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $13.49 $14.20
12 bottles: $12.05
We took a fresh peach, arguably nature’s tastiest fruit, and blended it with our favorite whiskey to create a...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $13.49 $14.20
12 bottles: $12.05
RATED BEST FLAVORED WHISKEY 2022. Gold color. Aromas and flavors of caramel corn and peanuts, peanut butter, and...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $13.49 $14.20
12 bottles: $12.05
Golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of cherry gelato, yogurt-covered nuts, dark chocolate chips, and...
BTI
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $8.75
24 bottles: $5.89
Smooth with pleasing notes of caramel that lead to a flavorful vanilla finish.
Red
375ml
Bottle: $28.94
12 bottles: $28.36
A classic Napa Valley Zinfandel, this bottling offers savory and earthy aromatics that carry into flavors of dark...
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Rapid Ship
Red
375ml
Bottle: $14.50 $15.59
Plush in texture, this Zin is generous with blackberry and cherry flavors that draw in accents of briar patch, black...
WS
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American Whiskey Mencia Zinfandel United States 375ml

The United States of America is a country of great cultural diversity, influenced by migrating nations from across the world. As such, its whiskey industry is a fascinating and complex one, which represents the range of regional differences found there.

The Irish were the original pioneers of American whiskey, and when they emigrated in their thousands from the old country, they brought their skills, knowledge and distillation techniques with them, to give them something to remind each other of home in the New World. This is why American whiskey goes by the Irish spelling, with the additional ‘e’, and why many traditional American whiskies closely resemble the original Irish style.

Today, there are several different types of American whiskey, and the styles and production techniques are now set out in US federal law, cementing a set of characteristics and production methods to preserve and protect the industry.

Corn whiskey, which is made from a minimum 80% corn in the mash and aged for a short period, is probably the most historic of the American whiskey styles, but others like rye whiskey, which is made from a minimum of 51% rye and aged in charred barrels, are growing in popularity among a new generation of drinkers looking for something unique, interesting and independently produced. Alongside these styles, we find Tennessee whiskey, which uses maple charcoal for sweeter notes, the softer wheat whiskies, the world-dominating Bourbon whiskies, and others which are peculiar to specific states and regions.

The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.

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.