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Subtle aromas of peaches and strawberries with warm biscuit undertones. Notes of ripe peaches, melons and yeast...
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Aromas of flowers and honeycomb immediately hit the nose. Elegant bubbles balance the sweet and citrus notes. Great...
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Light rose color, with a delicate fragrance and sweet taste. Goes well with fruit, cheese and desserts. A splendid,...
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• 100% Glera. • Soils: limestone and clay. • Elevation: 60 – 100 meters. • Harvested by hand in the...
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Exuberant grapefruit peel, almond skin, honeysuckle, and lime zest rise from the glass with a suggestion of red...
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A well-mannered wine with a crunchy red berry, mint, star anise and angelica nose and palate. Elegant and posed on...
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In 1955, a group of wine growers from the village of Mardeuil, a small village on the hillsides of Epernay, joined...
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Intensely aromatic and crisp on the palate, with aromas and flavors of yellow apple, white peach, pear and notes of...
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This is very dry and chalky with lemon-rind and dried-pear character. Medium-fine bubbles give form to the wine....
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A rare beauty. This is our crisp, fresh and easy to drink classic Italian Rosé Brut, uniquely made with 100% organic...
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A sip of summer. This Bellissima Rosé Zero Sugar Sparkling Wine is delightfully crisp and light with elegant fruity...
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A meaningful encounter to remember. Bellissima Zero Sugar Sparkling White Wine is our winemaking signature. Naturally...
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This refreshing sparkling wine is a straw color with fine bubbles. Aromas of fresh citrus, with hints of honey and...
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Mineral, textured, rich and full of white-fruit flavors, this wine is taut and nervy with intense acidity that is...
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Minerally on the nose, with a fine mousse and subtle notes of peach skin, pink grapefruit pith, oyster shell and...
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Disgorged in October 2015 and tasted in October 2018 from lot L6S920703 again, the golden-yellow NV Cuvée des Moines...
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Brisk, with a bracing structure and citrus flavors, this Champagne rounds out midpalate for an instant before the...
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Floral on the nose with lively crunchy strawberries and dried herbs notes. Inviting palate with persistent bubbles...
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A gorgeous rosé Champagne with sliced strawberries, orange peel and hints of cream and pie crust. Medium body, tight...
Champagne Blend Japanese Whiskey Tequila 2015 NV 750ml
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.
The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.
Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.
While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.
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.