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Delivers attractive pear, melon and chamomile notes that turn creamy on the medium-weight palate, with crushed stone...
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Bright and juicy, with good energy to its mix of apricot, peach and nectarine flavors. Fresh acidity carries the...
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Grilled Pineapple, Citrus Blossom, Olive Oil, Stone Fruit, Butterscotch.
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750ml
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A crisp and fruity white with aromas of pears, chopped apples and waxed lemons. Medium-bodied with bright acidity and...
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The 2022 Verdejo Quinta Apolonia, originating from the DO Rueda, spent up to one year in French oak, 25% new. The...
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Elegant toasty aromas with mineral notes and spicy fruit. Delicious mouth filling and toasty with mature and exotic...
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• Clairette, Grenache Blanc, and Roussanne. • From two parcels – One in the village of Montfrin and one in...
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750ml
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750ml
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A single variety white wine that captures the subtleties of the Rueda D.O with delicacy and precision.
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750ml
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Pronounced aromatic complexity marked by white fruit and mineral notes, as well as hints of aniseed. Broad and full...
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750ml
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Aromas of tropical fruits (pineapple) and citrus fruits first appear along with white fruits (apple) and herbs, such...
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Bright yellow straw color, with green hints that reflect its youth. The nose has a nice aromatic intensity, a bit...
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Yellow with green reflections, clean. Aromas of white flowers, stone fruit and aromatic herbs. Very fresh with good...
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Color: Straw yellow with golden highlights. Nose: White flowers and white-fleshed stone fruits evolving into notes...
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Color: Pale yellow with green hints. Nose: Aromas of exotic fruits, white flowers and citrus fruits. Palate:...
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Color: Pale yellow with green hints. Nose: Aromas of exotic fruits, white flowers and citrus fruits. Palate:...
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750ml
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The effusive nose of apple, sliced pear and white peach pulls you into this bold dry white that has some positive...
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750ml
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A crisp, dry, elegant white wine with a green apple finish. Excellent with a wide variety of food.
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750ml
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A white blend of 80% Grenache Blanc and 20% Viognier. Peachy and perfumed on the nose and palate with exotic herbs...
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Mavrodaphne Seyval Blanc Verdejo White Rhone Blend

In the Archaea region, high in the Northern Peloponnese mountains, the predominant grape varietal grown is the prized Mavrodaphne. Meaning 'Black Laurel', the Mavrodaphne grapes have extremely dark skins, and ripen slowly under the Greek sunshine, helped by the mineral rich soils the vines thrive in. This grape varietal is mostly used to produce the opaque, inky fortified wine of the same name, which is popular all over Greece and elsewhere in the world. This fortified wine allows the grapes to really show off their complex and fascinating flavors, which range from a rich marzipan to flavors of bitter chocolate, sweet coffee, dried figs and prunes, as well as plenty of jammy fruit notes.

Mavrodaphne is produced in a traditional method which involves leaving the grape juice exposed to the sun in large vats, before having its fermentation halted by the addition of various distillates taken from previous successful vintages. This mixture contains plenty of residual sugar, which gives the end result its characteristic sticky sweetness, and also helps with the next fermentation process, which typically takes place in large underground cellars. The final product is a heady drink, absolutely bursting with unusual, rich and sweet flavors and carried in a dark and slightly viscous Port-like liquid.

Mavrodaphne grapes are also used for the production of still red wines, but are generally blended with varietals such as Agiorgitiko or imported grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon. Mavrodaphne grapes are excellent for mellowing more acidic varieties, and producing deliciously rounded wines, which have taken the international market by storm in recent decades.

Additional Information on Greek Wines


Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?

The Rhone region of France has been producing superb quality white blended wines for centuries, and is a region highly respected and esteemed around the world, with plenty of New World countries keen to emulate the styles and techniques displayed by the historic wineries and skilled vintners of the area. The secret to the Rhone's success when it comes to blended white wines is the careful and expert selection of certain grape varietals, which each lend special features to the blended wine and bring balance and harmony to the bottle. Most commonly, blended white Rhone wines feature no more than two grapes of either the Viognier, Rousanne, Marsanne or Grenache Blanc varietals, and are renowned for their exceptional flavors and highly aromatic, floral character.