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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.50 $18.33
It is simultaneously Bold and Balanced, Rich and Smooth, Fruit Forward and Earthy. It is impossibly dark and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.94
6 bottles: $24.44
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Bottle: $84.94
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This is an attractively intense style with ripe red berry, plum and chocolate aromas and flavors. The glossy tannins...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $53.89
Deep black hue in color with notes of ripe, wild black fruit and hints of graphite and tar. Fine tannins, full...
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Bottle: $32.94
12 bottles: $32.28
The 2021 Syrah Campbell Ranch is a touch youthfully reticent from its recent bottling, taking plenty of time to...
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Red
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• Farmed by Randy Peters, this vineyard outside of Sebastopol in western Sonoma County (Northern edge of the...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $62.22
One of Islay’s classic malts, this whisky evokes ashes of a campfire on a stony beach. The maritime and smoke...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $279.94 $349.94
COLOUR: Sunset Gold. AROMA: On the nose, rising aromas of herbal pine and fennel flow into sharp notes of citrusy...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $62.70 $66.00
An enticing nose reveals pronounced peat complemented by seamlessly integrated wood notes. On the palate, the...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $249.94
Removing the cask heads to expose more wood during toasting, we’ve turned Ardbeg whisky upside down and inside out....
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $109.43 $115.19
Rated 96 - Powerful, muscular, well-textured, and invigorating. Even within the realm of Ardbeg, this one stands out....
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $83.99
Bright and crisp aromas of crunchy butter crackers, smoked grains, and campfire are lively and invigorating. The...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $43.04 $49.19
A nose filled with sea spray, sea salt, dried cherry, dried fig, freshly hewn oak, and burnt driftwood. Distinctively...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94 $18.00
From one of Margaret River's longstanding family-owned and operated wineries, this is a charming Shiraz. It's...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $7.41
Astica Syrah presents a ripe blackberry aroma with a smooth, round, fruity palate.
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $61.77 $65.02
6 bottles: $58.25
An impeccably balanced lowland malt, displaying a dazzling spectrum of aromas, from fresh-cut grass to dried cereal...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $61.60
6 bottles: $50.95
Smooth and light, this single-malt Scotch segues effortlessly from vanilla, butterscotch and coconut sweetness to...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $84.49 $88.94
6 bottles: $79.10
An assortment of dried fruit interweaves with fresh chopped pine and hazelnut ganache on the nose. A silky, smoky...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $96.89 $101.99
Founded during the ‘whisky boom’ of the late 19th century, Aultmore Distillery has changed hands several times...
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Ice Wine Savatiano Single Malt Scotch Syrah

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?

Known as Syrah in most countries around the world, and Shiraz in Australia and certain other regions of the New World, this grape varietal has proven over the centuries to be one of the most powerful and flavorful red wine grapes there is. It is now one of the planet's most widely grown grapes, and is a favorite with wineries as a result of its robustness and versatility. It isn't easy to identify many characteristics of this particular varietal, due to the fact that it is highly versatile and shows significant differences in flavor and character depending on the terroir it is grown in, and the climatic conditions of the region. However, Syrah is most widely associated with full bodied, strong and loud red wines, packed full of fruity and spicy flavors, held in a beautifully deep red liquid.