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White
375ml
Bottle: $15.44 $16.25
12 bottles: $14.85
Rather than seeking out the exotic, often imported botanicals that go into more modern styled gins and vermouth of...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $15.44 $16.25
12 bottles: $14.85
The decision was made to produce a vermouth that was “of the garden,” packed with fresh rosemary, bay laurel,...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $17.94
Rich, fruity and enticing, this sweet vermouth is warmed with notes of fig and dried cherries, and just faint hints...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $18.23 $19.19
12 bottles: $14.19
"Classico" is quite right for Carpano's Classico Vermouth, the origins of which date back to the late 1700s! Based...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $6.99
"Fortified wine from Italy that is distilled with a combination of more than 30 herbs and spices including sage,...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $6.99
Cola hue. Sensuous nose features ginger, prunes, sap and bark aromas. In the mouth, it's supple, sweet, winey and...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $12.21
12 bottles: $10.96
Pale oyster color. Aroma is juicy, herbal, crisp, fresh. Exotic flavors include saltine cracker, stone, white wine...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $11.60 $12.21
12 bottles: $10.96
Pretty medium brown/chestnut color. Aroma is a banquet of dried and fresh herbs, roots, leaves, wine. Flavor profile...
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Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $21.33
A spicy red, with appealing wild herb, ripe black cherry, leather and olive notes in a bright, light-bodied package....
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Godello Melon de Bourgogne Schioppettino Vermouth 375ml Wine

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.