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The Alps defend Delle Venezie D.O.C., Italy from chilled northern winds, while heat from the Mediterranean creates...
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750ml
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Golden yellow in color with ripe apple, pear, and apricot aromas along with notes of wild flowers and honey. Medium...
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A fresh, well-cut white, offering modest flavors of apple, beeswax and almond skin. Hints of lemon zest and smoke...
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Intense nose of apricot and cheese, derived from wild ferment and age on oak lees. Long dry finish with intense...
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This dry, crisp, and full-bodied white wine, made from 100% pinot grigio, is refreshing with balanced acidity and a...
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750ml
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750ml
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The non-vintage Rainwater Medium Dry is aged for three years in oak casks and this was bottled in January 2011. It...
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750ml
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A rich pinot grigio with green mangoes, pears, apples, spring flowers and hints of vanilla and cream. It has a full...
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With its crisp, light character, bright straw gold color and appealing scents and fruit flavors, it’s no wonder...
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This Pinot Grigio has aromas of wildflowers, peaches and pears. It has fresh, tropical flavors, that combined with a...
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750ml
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Bright and crisp flavors of lemon and apple.
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Our Pinot Grigio is crafted from grapes sourced from the foothills of the Italian Alps, making for a uniquely...
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This is spiced and tangy with notes of quince, dried herbs and citrus peel. Juicy acidity and a crisp, lemony...
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750ml
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On the palate, it is a complex wine that offers delicate floral and tropical fruit notes of pineapple, passion fruit...
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750ml
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Aromas of lemon drops and sliced pears with hints of citrus leaf and white flowers. Medium body. Textured and...
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700ml
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This blended whisky is an ideal sipper, with an enticing crème brûlèe and dried apricot scents. Those notes are...
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The nose shows succulent aromas of citrus blossom, honeydew melon, and key lime pie over layers of pear and creme...
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750ml
Bottle: $100.70 $106.00
Kaiy? whisky is matured in the finest Japanese Mizunara oak casks. These casks are handmade due to Mizunara oak’s...
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750ml
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This was aged in Japan's rare Mizunara oak for the entirety of its maturation, which includes three-month ocean...
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750ml
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Blaufrankisch Friulano Japanese Whiskey Malvasia Pinot Gris Rapid Ship

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.

The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.