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750ml - Case of 6
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$18.94
Aromas of yellow peach, Golden Delicious apple and white flowers waft from the glass of this wine. Fresh and easy on...
750ml - Case of 12
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$20.80
Clear, lustrous straw yellow in colour. The aroma is flowery, fine-grained and delicate, with notes of acacia blossom...
750ml
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$22.94
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$22.48
Aromas of candied apples and spicy pears with some lemon drops follow through to a medium body with some marzipan and...
750ml - Case of 12
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$20.48
A succession of notes of citrus (grapefruit, lemon) and white flowers. The attack is prolonged, the mouth stands out...
750ml
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$12.94
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$12.68
Roger Labbe’s Abymes is 100% Jacquère, a varietal that grows especially well in the Savoie region of France. While...
750ml
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$21.20
12 bottles:
$20.78
• 100% Mavrodaphne.
• Low yielding vines from loamy clay soils.
• Fermented and aged in stainless steel.
750ml
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$31.94
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$31.30
This crackles with acidity, filled out with crunchy nectarine and white pepper. A lovely, herbaceous, zippy wine,...
500ml
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$58.88
6 bottles:
$57.70
The 2010 Tokaji Aszu 5-Puttonyos had been bottled just a fortnight before I tasted it. Considering the growing...
750ml
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$12.87
$14.30
12 bottles:
$12.35
100% Jacquère. The Abymes appellation sits lower and the slope than the Apremont and is on generally flatter land....
750ml
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$14.94
$16.25
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$14.25
100% Jacquère. The cru of Apremont is planted on steeper slopes in comparison with Abymes. Stainless steel...
750ml - Case of 12
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$5.89
Made from the unique Tokay grape, this pale-colored wine is sweet, rich and full of flavor, with the quality you...
750ml - Case of 12
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$22.50
Deep purple color with crimson highlights. Elegant floral nose with peony and violet flowers along with the typical...
750ml
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$21.94
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$21.50
This serious body wine with great acid backbone has fruit aromas and grapefruit, green apple and peach along with a...
500ml
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$65.94
12 bottles:
$64.62
• 100% Furmint.
• South/South-East facing vineyard at 300 meters above sea level.
• Clay mixed with broken...
500ml
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$71.94
12 bottles:
$70.50
• 100% Furmint.
• South/South-East facing vineyard at 300 meters above sea level.
• Clay mixed with broken...
750ml
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$19.12
12 bottles:
$18.74
A fresh, gently waxy white with aromas of sliced apples, fresh pears, orange pith and chamomile. Sleek and...
750ml
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$18.24
$19.20
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$17.10
The 2022 Ribolla Gialla entices with a dusty bouquet of dried flowers, raw almonds and young peach. Pleasantly sweet...
Furmint Jacquere Mavrodaphne Ribolla Gialla Scotch
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?
When people think of fine whisky, their minds typically turn to Scotland. This wild at windy country, battered by the north sea and dotted with mountains, lochs and moors, has been the home of high-quality whisky for over six hundred years. During this time, it has forged a reputation over these centuries which has proven difficult to beat, and which has influenced the rest of the world, from America to Japan and beyond.
The term Scotch refers to either malt or grain whisky, which must be made in one of Scotland’s specified whisky regions, with practices and techniques strictly controlled by a series of stringent regulations. One such regulation is that Scotch must be aged for a minimum of three years, and that the age of the whisky must be clearly printed on the bottle. The quality and style of whisky varies quite significantly from place to place, with certain regions producing light and grassy whisky styles, and others using time-honored practices such as burning peat (a type of moorland soil) during the fermentation to imbue a smoky, earthy character.
There are five categories of Scotch, and each has its own set of distinctive characteristics and typical flavors and aromas. These are single malt Scotch (often referred to as the connoisseur's choice), blended malt Scotch, single grain Scotch, blended grain Scotch and blended Scotch whisky.