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White
750ml
Bottle: $34.93 $38.00
Straw yellow color with golden reflections; on the nose it presents a refined bouquet of white flowers combined with...
White
750ml
Bottle: $34.94
6 bottles: $34.24
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $47.93
12 bottles: $45.60
The 2019 Pinot Meunier is expressive and detailed. It has a medium ruby color and aromas of wild red and black...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.91
12 bottles: $11.88
The wine, straw-yellow in colour, is fresh and structured because of a good acidity level. It is very agreeable on...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.58 $15.09
12 bottles: $12.36
The 2021 Bianco Vitiano lifts from the glass like a basket of ripe orchard fruits mixed with yellow florals and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.60
12 bottles: $17.48
Straw yellow in color with a perfume of exotic fruit and citrus. Dry and fresh on the palate with a firm but elegant...
White
750ml
Bottle: $25.94
12 bottles: $25.42
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $21.76
Aromas of white peaches, tangerine peel, jasmine and wet stones. It has a vivid, mineral sensation on the palate with...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $34.24
An excellent Etna Bianco here with very subtle spice, cream and smokiness to the mineral and zesty citrus fruit....
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $24.89 $26.20
6 bottles: $16.66
This wine is refreshing and lively in character. Dry, elegant and soft with notes of peach and almond on the finish.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.20
12 bottles: $13.49
This wine is refreshing and lively in character. Dry, elegant and soft with notes of peach and almond on the finish.
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $15.52
Straw yellow, to the nose fine with floral and fruit. In the mouth, fresh, balanced.
Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.20
12 bottles: $20.78
• 100% Mavrodaphne. • Low yielding vines from loamy clay soils. • Fermented and aged in stainless steel.
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $35.75 $36.40
12 bottles: $35.04
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $41.51
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $87.94 $97.79
Amazing depth of colour and outstanding red berry flavours, particularly strawberry, lend this red Icewine to pair...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $70.99 $76.94
This is a glorious icewine where acidity and sugar are in perfect harmony. The candied orange peel, ginger, straw and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $66.94 $74.20
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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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $58.90 $60.00
6 bottles: $58.20
Vidal is a hybrid (Ugni Blanc and Seibel) that has a thick skin suitable for harvesting late in the season. It is the...
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Ice Wine Italian White Blends Mavrodaphne Mencia

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?