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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.90
12 bottles: $19.50
Aged 10 months in Stainless steel tanks with periodic battonage. Then aged for an additional month in bottle before...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.99
A fresh nose of blueberries, plums, cassis and violets. It’s medium-bodied with velvety tannins. It’s easygoing...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
12 bottles: $22.48
Lively ruby red colour with intense aromas or red fruits like plums, cherries with raspberry, blackcurrant and green...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $69.90 $75.60
Fascinating aromas of blackcurrants, orange peel, stone, minerals and blanched walnuts follow through to a medium to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $68.55
A beautifully curated and polished young red with black berry, violet, and bark. Full and velvety with creamy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
On the nose, the leading coppery, sanguine aromas are emphasized by astringent undertones of cranberry, white pepper...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $105.89
6 bottles: $105.60
50&50 has a deep, ruby red color. Aromas of red berry fruits and black cherries intertwine with scents of sweet...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.94
6 bottles: $39.14
Color: Deep ruby red with violet reflections. Bouquet: Red berries, blueberries and plum jam are followed by hints of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.95
12 bottles: $20.53
Pignatello aka Perricone and Nero d'Avola from 2ha of vineyards, planted 2003-2013. Guyot + Alberello. 140m asl....
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $28.94
Lovely aromas of freshly cut herbs, raspberry cheesecake, crushed stones and citrus. Medium body, fine and polished...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.95
12 bottles: $29.35
The 2020 Cerasuolo di Vitoria is peppery and perfumed, with a dusting of autumnal spices giving way to red currants...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $93.94
12 bottles: $92.06
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $48.80
A fresh, chewy red with brightness and coolness for this ripe vintage. Medium body. Pretty fruit. Dark-berry,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $47.92
This is an intense, full-bodied yet very well-balanced and polished red with velvety, firm and caressing tannins....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.00
12 bottles: $29.40
Purple red color. Aromas of black plum, blueberry, blackberry, brambles, light hints of rose petals. The palate adds...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.93
6 bottles: $33.60
This is settling into a groove, featuring black cherry, blackberry, mushroom, woodsy and spice flavors in the best...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $98.75
6 bottles: $96.78
Complex aromas of blackberries, blueberries, licorice, gravel and walnuts. Rich and full-bodied with firm,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.90
6 bottles: $36.16
Color : Inexpugnable ruby red, offering the eyes a preview of the wines complex structure, flavors, and aromas. Nose...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $97.99
12 bottles: $92.34
Aromas of blueberries, blackberries, cloves, tobacco, walnuts and chocolate. It’s full-bodied with firm,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $88.84 $97.39
The 2018 I Sodi di San Niccolò is the most elegant Sodi I have ever tasted, and I have tasted them all. Sodi can be...
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Cognac Falanghina Gamay Italian Red Blends Italy 12 Ship Free Items

For over three hundred years, Cognac has enjoyed its reputation as the king of brandies. Indeed, it is widely regarded as the finest drink to be distilled from grapes to be found anywhere in the world, and it is a testament to its producers and the master craftsmen who make it that this reputation has never faltered, and remains as strong as ever to this day.

Cognac is produced solely in the beautiful towns of Cognac and Jarnac, found about fifty miles north of Bordeaux, on the west coast of France. Here, around six thousand grape growers work exclusively in the production of white wine, used for the Cognac distilleries which are scattered throughout the region. The wines are made primarily from the Ugni Blanc or Trebbiano grape - one of the most commonly planted grape varietals in the world - which benefit from the cool, coastal climate and mineral rich soils which are found there. The wines themselves wouldn’t be suitable for drinking in themselves, as they are high in acid and low in alcohol, but this makes them ideal for distillation, and they can impart their wonderful, complex, rich flavors to the brandy.

Cognac varies quite significantly from bottle to bottle, depending on how long it has been aged for, and which appellation it comes from. The Cognac region is split into six separate Crus, all with their own distinctive characteristics, and the spirit can be aged from two years (VS) to six (Hors d’Age and Napoleon) and longer.

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.