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500ml
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Features effusive ripe cherry and raspberry fruit that is brought in focus by an attractive, warming spirit glow....
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500ml
Bottle: $44.75
12 bottles: $43.85
The style encapsulates a fine, aged tawny, showing rich concentration as well as a touch of spirit and luscious...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
500ml
Bottle: $85.59
12 bottles: $83.88
Juicy and fresh in feel, with a mix of cherry, peach and plum notes mingled with green tea and incense notes. Mostly...
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750ml
Bottle: $19.74
12 bottles: $19.35
A smooth, medium-bodied Port that delivers fresh, fruit-forward boysenberry and plum flavors with a nice touch of...
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750ml
Bottle: $13.50 $15.00
12 bottles: $11.12
Partially fermenting red grapes on the skins, then stopping the fermentation with the addition of fine brandy...
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1.5Ltr
Bottle: $20.19 $21.25
6 bottles: $12.62
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $20.19 $21.25
6 bottles: $12.62
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750ml
Bottle: $77.11 $85.68
6 bottles: $68.40
Blend dominated by Touriga Franca (41%) and Touriga Nacional (37%). Mainly picked eight days after the mid-September...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $18.32 $19.28
12 bottles: $13.19
Our Fine White has long been served as an aperitif at daytime (and evening) get togethers in the Douro. But now...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $18.32 $19.28
12 bottles: $12.79
Comfortable in any setting, our ultra-adaptable Fine Ruby has a bright and fruity style that mixes as easily as it...
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750ml
Bottle: $13.99
And if you don’t, you need to know. Our Fine Tawny has fervent fans around the world who love it for its...
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750ml
Bottle: $22.88 $24.08
12 bottles: $17.42
On its release in 1969, our Special Reserve revolutionised the industry and a single taste will tell you why....
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750ml
Bottle: $37.89 $39.88
6 bottles: $30.19
Soft and ripe, this toffee-flavored, gentle wine is fruity, rich and smooth. Just the right bite of acidity and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $62.78 $66.08
6 bottles: $54.00
A fresh style, with a focused beam of peanut, toffee, caramel and date flavors underscored by a flash of green tea....
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750ml
Bottle: $19.08 $21.20
12 bottles: $15.04
Deep purple color. This fragrance is chockfull of waxy, woody and dried fruit scents that are simultaneously profound...
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750ml
Bottle: $17.82 $19.60
12 bottles: $17.46
Original, unique and innovative, croft pink was the first ever rosé port, and is still today, the one rosé port...
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750ml
Bottle: $14.62 $16.25
12 bottles: $12.35
Fun, forward and brimming with blueberry and blackberry cobbler notes, laced with a hint of bramble that keeps this...
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750ml
Bottle: $27.60
12 bottles: $22.80
The NV 10 Year Old Tawny Port comes in at 110 grams per liter of residual sugar. It was bottled in 2014 with a bar...
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750ml
Bottle: $14.93 $16.25
12 bottles: $12.73
Dark in profile, offering mulled raisin, cinnamon and toffee notes, but this is relatively fresh and open-knit in...
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750ml
Bottle: $14.93 $15.84
Aromas of fig, dried red berries, and burnt sugar are bright and focused. The deep flavors carry the sweetness well...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine Armagnac Port Blend White Bordeaux

Armagnac is a beloved grape brandy, hailing from the beautiful French region of Gascony, in the south-west of the country. It has been in constant production since sometime just before the fifteenth century, and over the decades has been the toast of royal households across Europe. Today, it is still enjoyed for its unique flavor profile and characteristics, and although it is understandably compared with Cognac, its more famous cousin, lovers of Armagnac claim that its distinctive rusticity and full body make it a superior brandy, perfect as a digestif or as an evening treat.

Armagnac is made from more than one grape varietal, but the major player in this drink is the fine Ugni Blanc grape, more commonly known by its Italian name, Trebbiano. This is one of the most widely planted grape varietals in the world, and grows beautifully in Gascony, which has a similar microclimate as its neighbouring wine region, Bordeaux. Armagnac grapes reveal fascinating and complex flavors after distillation, which commonly include christmas cake, earthy, oaky notes and praline.

Armagnac is sold under two categories - vintage, and non-vintage. A vintage Armagnac is made from a blend of grapes which have been grown in a single year, and will have the date printed on the label. Non-vintage Armagnacs, on the other hand, are labelled according to their age. V.S indicates that the brandy has been aged for a minimum of two years, VSOP for four years, XO six years, and Hors d’Age is a premium Armagnac which has been aged for at least ten years.

Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.


Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.

France is widely known as being the home of many of the world's finest white wines, and within France, the name which rings out across the wine world and is always associated with excellence of quality and flavor is Bordeaux. The white wines of the magnificent Bordeaux region are typically blended, and rely on the winemaker's skill and expertise to achieve the fine balance between the primary grape varietals used. Most blended white Bordeaux wines are made up of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle varietals, although there are actually nine grapes officially allowed by French wine law for the inclusion in Bordeaux white wines. The other six are Sauvignon Gris, Merlot Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Ondenc and Mauzac, although the use of these other grapes has been in steady decline over the past century.