Do we ship to you?.
750ml
Bottle:
$31.94
$33.60
12 bottles:
$31.92
Subdued and compact, with subtle lemon meringue and baked apple interwoven with smoke, hay and crushed stone. Silky...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$24.94
Racy, focused and dry on the palate, medium bodied with lots of intense notes of tart green apple and saline...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$46.12
Classic aromas of yellow apple and white flowers on the nose. Structured on the palate with raicy acidity, stone...
750ml
Bottle:
$117.94
12 bottles:
$115.58
Organic. Pruning method is Guyau Val de Loire. Grapes are harvested by hand and carefully sorted in the vineyard....
750ml
Bottle:
$140.75
12 bottles:
$137.93
Romain’s grandfather acquired this historic parcel on the hill of Brézé in 1955. It is one of the three clos of...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$35.87
Very fresh and pleasant to drink; blossom and peach aromas dominate, complemented by a distinct minerality and fresh...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$43.32
Dry wine, without residual sugar. The nose is very open with an amazing cocktail of floral (acacia) and fruity notes...
750ml
Bottle:
$17.91
$20.08
12 bottles:
$17.55
Crisp, fresh and fruity this crowd pleasing, yet complex Vouvray offers traces of apple and citrus. A vibrant acidity...
Pre-Arrival
Domaine Belargus Savennieres 'Gaudrets' 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$51.95
The 2019 Gaudrets is not shy to come forward in a line up of Savennières. It has the ferocity of female gladiator...
Pre-Arrival
Domaine Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Breze 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$117.94
Organic. Pruning method is Guyau Val de Loire. Grapes are harvested by hand and carefully sorted in the vineyard....
Pre-Arrival
Mullineux Chenin Blanc Granite 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$110.41
Chris and Andrea Mullineux established themselves in Swartland in 2007 and are now among South Africa’s most highly...
Pre-Arrival
Mullineux Chenin Blanc Quartz 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$98.14
The 2019 Chenin Quartz was matured for 11 months in used oak. It conveys more terroir expression than the Granite...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$41.82
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$55.95
Robe: This wine offers a straw yellow robe with limpid golden reflections.
Nose: Delivers a nose with lovely...
Brachetto Chenin Blanc Rum 2019 750ml
Brachetto is a delicate red wine grape grown predominantly in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, where it has been cultivated and used in the production of a range of wines for centuries. The grapes usually hold delicate flavors of summer berries, most notably strawberries, and are used to make light bodied, extremely drinkable wines perfect for hot sunny days. Their thin skins mean that they are usually low in tannins, which results in a silky smooth, mild red wine. Because of their lightness and fresh, summery flavors, they are also used to make excellent sparkling wines, similar to a Lambrusco. They are a highly aromatic grape varietal, and in recent decades they have started to be planted in many New World countries with similar climatic conditions to their native Italy.
Originating in France yet now grown in many parts of the New World, Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and highly regarded white wine grape varietals on earth. These green skinned grapes hold a relatively high acid content, and as such can be used for making still white wines of exceptional quality, as well as superb sparkling wines (such as the Crémant wines of the Loire Valley) and extremely aromatic dessert wines. Their natural transparency means that they are a fine grape for expressing their terroir in the bottle, and winemakers often experiment with this varietal to coax unusual and intense flavors from the grapes, such as allowing the development of noble rot on the fruit in order to make sweet and viscous wines of a unique character.
It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.
Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.
The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.