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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $49.89 $52.80
12 bottles: $48.89
Calvados made from a majority of pears can have a wild, volatile edge, that I find here in this six-year-old bottling...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $40.94 $43.20
12 bottles: $40.12
This three-year-old bottling from AOC Domfrontais is made from 70% pears and hearkens back to old-school Calvados in...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.64 $15.41
12 bottles: $11.52
Deep in color - nearly opaque - with brooding shades of dark purple. It exhibits rich plum and blackberry flavors and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.94 $34.80
12 bottles: $33.26
It is distinguished by intense aromas of fresh apples. Its color is clear with pale yellow undertones. It is ideal to...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $28.50 $30.00
12 bottles: $26.22
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Spirits
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Bottle: $28.12 $29.60
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $65.40 $69.60
12 bottles: $64.09
This Hors d'Age release comes from a careful blend of barrels from three vintages. It shows deep green apple, vanilla...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $106.94
12 bottles: $104.80
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $67.94
12 bottles: $66.58
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.15 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
Bright gold and clear in color, delicate bouquet, aroma of citrus. Medium acidity, long and pleasant aftertaste.
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $29.94 $31.39
6 bottles: $29.34
Gentle, silky and lean, this is ideal to sip or mix. The rich scent suggests butterscotch, Sherry and dried apricot;...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $72.99
6 bottles: $71.53
Deep aromas of red apples and dark caramel. Clean and pure flavors of cinnamon, caramel custard, and baked apples all...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Looking : Clear. Golden with orangey gleams. Thin bubble. Smelling: Ripe fruit flavour. Tasting: Round and generous....
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $28.50 $30.00
12 bottles: $27.36
Looking : Clear. Golden with orangey gleams. Thin bubble. Smelling: Ripe fruit flavour. Tasting: Round and generous....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.56
12 bottles: $11.12
Dornfelder is an extremely popular German red grape that is based on four classic varieties: Lemberger (aka...
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375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $341.53
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $321.53

Calvados Dornfelder Ice Wine Savatiano

Savatiano is probably Greece's most well known and most widely grown grape varietal, as it is the primary grape used in the production of Retsina, where the fermenting juices of the Savatiano varietal are flavored with pine resin in order to make this distinctive and famous wine. One of the reasons for the wide cultivation of this grape is due to its hardiness, and resistance to drought conditions. In the sun-drenched and dry, rocky Greek landscapes, this makes it an ideal vine to grow for wine-makers who require a strong and bounteous yield each year.

However, there are plenty of examples of Greek white wines which use the Savatiano grape but withhold from the addition the pine resin flavoring, allowing the true characteristics of this varietal to shine through. The result is often very pleasing indeed, with Savatiano grapes generally producing extremely well balanced and rounded white wines, with a juicily fruity flavor. Their aromas can vary quite a lot, with many Savatiano wines bearing the fragrance of citrus fruits, and also occasionally having a strong floral aroma reminiscent of elder and rose. Due to the relatively low acidity of Savatiano grapes, the wines which use them (including Retsina) generally bolster themselves with the addition of smaller quantities of more acidic varieties, such as Assyrtiko or Rhoditis, in order to improve their sometimes weak structure.

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?