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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $21.93 $23.08
12 bottles: $17.22
With strong wood flavors this is a wine that shows some good aging. It has spice, toffee and a rich texture. The wine...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $35.75 $36.40
12 bottles: $35.04
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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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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
12 bottles: $15.62
A light- to medium-bodied red, with spice and herb accents lacing baked black plum, smoke and black licorice flavors...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.90
12 bottles: $23.42
Rare aromatic complexity with intense tannin structure and robust acidity. An excellent pair for red meat and game.
Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $688.94
A Touriga Nacional-based blend of traditional Douro red varieties, grown on schist-sandstone soils at 600 meters of...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $11.94 $13.01
This attractive full-bodied wine has an unctuous texture and crystallized lemon flavors. It is soft and perfumed with...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
This attractive full-bodied wine has an unctuous texture and crystallized lemon flavors. It is soft and perfumed with...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $11.94
12 bottles: $11.40
A deep ruby colour, with a garnet rim. A classic bouquet, on which the liveliness of young fruit produces a delicate...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $16.04 $17.50
A deep ruby colour, with a garnet rim. A classic bouquet, on which the liveliness of young fruit produces a delicate...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $16.04 $17.50
A Touriga Nacional-based blend of traditional Douro red varieties, grown on schist-sandstone soils at 600 meters of...
Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $12.00
12 bottles: $11.40
An elegant style that light-footedly dances across the tongue. Subtle layers of flavour play across the senses. Much...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $16.94
12 bottles: $16.60
An elegant style that light-footedly dances across the tongue. Subtle layers of flavour play across the senses. Much...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $18.94
12 bottles: $18.56
The buttery notes give this a rich allure, with ripe pear, lemon curd and crème brûlée flavors. Offers a fresh...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
12 bottles: $23.46
Deep dark-purple colour with a vibrant and intense ruby rim. Aromas of ripe wild berries on the nose, combined with...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $11.94 $13.00
Every year in the run-up to Christmas, Waitrose sells 10 wines at £10, and there's rarely a dud in the line-up. Bag...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Every year in the run-up to Christmas, Waitrose sells 10 wines at £10, and there's rarely a dud in the line-up. Bag...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $15.85 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
Kopke is the oldest of all the Port wine houses having been established in 1638. They produce outstanding tawnies...
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Ice Wine Muller Thurgau Port Blend Xinomavro

Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.


Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.

Xinomavro is the predominant grape varietal of Macedonia, although it is also grown in many parts of Greece where the climatic conditions are suitable for this particular fruit. The names translates as 'acid black', which gives some clue as to the nature of this varietal. The grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, which is a result of the thick and blue-black skins found on the fruit. This particular characteristic results in a superb aging potential in wines made from the Xinomavro varietal, as time spent in barrels softens these strong, astringent tannins and allows the full range of their flavors to come through in the wine. Most commonly, Xinomavro grapes are associated with aromas of red gooseberry, spices, olives and dried fruit, such as dried tomato.