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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.00
12 bottles: $14.70
This fresh and vibrant Muscadet shows lifted notes of Meyer lemon, white peach, and Key lime, with a mouthwatering...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.35 $19.28
12 bottles: $15.05
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.93 $16.25
12 bottles: $14.63
La Pepiere is one of the best and most progressive Muscadet producers, even as it's undergone a leadership...
White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
Full bodied & mineral. Bright hue. Nose of white flowers & almonds.
White
750ml
Bottle: $27.94
12 bottles: $27.38
30-60 year old vines located north of the Lac de Grandlieu. Vineyards are planted densely with 7,000 vines per hectare.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
30-60 year old vines located north of the Lac de Grandlieu. Vineyards are planted densely with 7,000 vines per hectare.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $40.79
6 bottles: $40.00
An intense and elegant White Vermouth from Timorasso-Derthona wine, thanks to an inspired bouquet. A tribute to...
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White
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $25.07 $26.39
Color: The maturation in steel tanks delivers a garnet color with opulent amber shades. Bouquet: Elegant and refined...
White
750ml
Bottle: $50.99
6 bottles: $49.97
Elena Vermouth was born with a clear identity and an uncompromising bond with the local area: this is a Vermouth di...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $5.99
Gallo Extra Dry Vermouth has a very pretty nose of lavender, honeysuckle and jasmine, sweet grass and green olive; a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $5.99
Like an Italian dessert: sweet, dried fruit and a medicinal bite. For the budget drinker who still wants that perfect...
Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $29.94
Grappa is unaged pomace brandy made from highly aromatic Finger Lakes grapes. We crush and ferment the entire grape...
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White
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $14.94 $15.59
12 bottles: $14.81
Unlike Rosso Vermouth, each botanical is individually infused, and there is no heat used during the production...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.26 $14.73
12 bottles: $11.88
Unlike Rosso Vermouth, each botanical is individually infused, and there is no heat used during the production...
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White
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $14.94 $15.59
12 bottles: $12.82
The production process consists of two infusions: The 1st infusion: Wormwood and fortified wine are heated to 70...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.26 $14.73
12 bottles: $11.88
The production process consists of two infusions: The 1st infusion: Wormwood and fortified wine are heated to 70...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $34.95 $37.80
100% Arneis from the Roero, grown in marl and sandstone soils from the Pliocene era. This is a young, fresh version...

Grappa Ice Wine Melon de Bourgogne Vermouth

Like so many of the great spirits of Europe, Grappa was born from a need to make resources go that little bit further, to eke out the last drop of flavor and potential from the crops of winemakers. Indeed, Italian vintners invented Grappa as a way to make use of the pomace - leftover grape skins, stems, pulp and seeds - which remained after the juice was extracted from the fruit needed to make wine. Over the centuries, the process was refined, and the distillation of Grappa became an art in itself. Today, top Grappa producers use a range of state of the art equipment, from continuous stills to pot stills, to manufacture a wide variety of Grappas, each with their own distinct characteristics.


Most of us know Grappa from our local Italian restaurants, where it is commonly served as a digestif. However, in the twenty first century, there is a high interest in unique, boutique Grappas, which showcase the talent of the distillers through a range of interesting qualities. Grappa can be aged in oak, in which case it takes on a beautiful golden color, quite different from the clear Grappas we are most familiar with. The high end Grappas are a world away from the harsh spirit many of us have encountered, and have a smooth, gentle quality which can be nothing short of a revelation.

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.