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Amazing depth of colour and outstanding red berry flavours, particularly strawberry, lend this red Icewine to pair...
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This is a glorious icewine where acidity and sugar are in perfect harmony. The candied orange peel, ginger, straw and...
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The 2019 Gold Vidal Icewine was fermented and aged for about 14 weeks in 90% new French oak. It comes in with 272...
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Luc and Jerome Choblet are the third generation to make wine at their family estate, in the Côtes de Grandlieu...
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750ml
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This remarkable Vin de France (thus without vintage on the label) has not only the color of a honeydew melon, it also...
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750ml
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From a high desert site in the Gabilan Mountains, neighboring Pinnacles State Park. Harvested from a south facing...
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Attractive pale-yellow hue with green tints, a sign of the wine’s youth. The seductively fresh and fruity nose...
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Attractive pale-yellow hue with green tints, a sign of the wine’s youth. The seductively fresh and fruity nose...
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750ml
Bottle: $20.94
12 bottles: $20.52
From Bien Nacido in Santa Maria, this is a crisp, mineral driven wine with captivating brininess. Made for shucking...
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750ml
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A fresh, gently waxy white with aromas of sliced apples, fresh pears, orange pith and chamomile. Sleek and...
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White
375ml
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•90% Arneis blended with 10% aromatic varieties from Malvirà’s Trinità vineyard. •25-35 year old vines....
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750ml
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•100% Arneis cultivated organically. •Sourced from the Rensio, Trinità, Saglietto, and Bordoni vineyards....
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750ml
Bottle: $26.00
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Tenuous straw-yellow color, at times with a pale old-gold tone. Fruity odor with clean scents of green hazelnuts and...
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750ml
Bottle: $20.80
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Delivering an enticing mix of peach, passion fruit, mint and sage, this white is juicy, balanced and lingers nicely...
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Arneis Ice Wine Melon de Bourgogne Ribolla Gialla

The Arneis white wine grape varietal is a native fruit of the beautiful northern region of Piedmont, in Italy. Whilst it has had great success over recent decades in several New World countries, Arneis has been cultivated for centuries in northern Italy, where it is recognized as one of the most representative grapes of the region. Arneis has long been used as a blending grape, due to its highly aromatic character, but it is becoming more and more common to see single variety bottles made using this grape. At its best, Arneis produces beautifully full bodied white wines, packed full of orchard fruit and apricot flavors, with a fine crispness and acidic punch. However, it is a notoriously difficult grape to cultivate successfully, hence its name which translates as 'little rascal'.

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.