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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.90 $18.48
6 bottles: $15.00
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.94 $20.08
12 bottles: $16.60
Fragrant and refined, this fresh, foaming sparkler opens with heady scents of hawthorn and summer orchard fruit. On...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.49
6 bottles: $15.19
COLOUR Very pale straw yellow with greenish glints and a minute, persistent perlage. BOUQUET Fruity and flowery...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.41
12 bottles: $15.10
A fresh fling of red-berry and grapefruit aromas that almost get a little peachy, too. Easy and lightly fizzy with a...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
6 bottles: $19.54
The NV Prosecco Superiore is spicy, with hints of curry leaf and crushed rocks giving way to dried apricots and a...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.07 $20.08
12 bottles: $15.83
Aromas of ripe golden apples, acacia, and honeysuckle are exhibited on the nose. On the palate, the wine is dry,...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $42.75 $45.00
COLOUR Very pale straw yellow and an intense, fine and persistent perlage. BOUQUET Intensely fruity aroma with clear...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.56 $18.48
12 bottles: $13.99
Aromas of underripe nectarine, toasted marshmallow with lemon curd and sea salt with a supple, crisp, effervescent,...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.48
12 bottles: $13.99
Fruity aromas of cherry and berries intertwine with delicate floral notes. Crafted in the Extra Dry style, the wine...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $12.89
12 bottles: $11.40
I like the lemon-meringue character to this. Some fresh cream and light spice, too. Energetic palate with persistent...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $34.29 $36.10
6 bottles: $32.30
A clean-cut Prosecco with citrus, white-peach and light mineral character. Balanced palate with medium fizz and a...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $14.29 $15.88
A clean-cut Prosecco with citrus, white-peach and light mineral character. Balanced palate with medium fizz and a...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
6 bottles: $22.48
Nicely done, Charmat-method Prosecco. There’s a nice core of lemon, baked apple and almond, with a very gentle...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $16.50 $18.33
The 2020 Prosecco Rosé Extra Dry is understated and delicately floral, revealing a hint of white strawberry with...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $14.25 $15.83
Exuberant, lively and fragrant on the palate. Refreshing acidity well balanced with fruitiness to create full,...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $12.47 $13.86
12 bottles: $12.35
The 2023 Chiaretto is everything I want out of a quaffing Rosé: bright fruit, tart acidity, a little bit of zip and...
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Rose
750ml
Bottle: $14.95
12 bottles: $14.65
From the eastern shore of Lake Garda, this is a stylish, fresh, and nicely priced Bardolino Chiaretto - the pink...
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Sparkling
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $7.13
Pleasant floral notes color the aromas of granny-smith apples. Lively, frothy fizz, carrying sweet fruit flavors,...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.38 $17.09
12 bottles: $13.18
Pleasant floral notes color the aromas of granny-smith apples. Lively, frothy fizz, carrying sweet fruit flavors,...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $52.59
This prestigious metodo classico gets its name, Brut Riserva Novecento, a sparkling wine which was first made in 1986...

Champagne Blend Ice Wine Rose / Blush Italy Veneto

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

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.

As historically one of the most important regions in the world regarding trade and experimentation, it comes as no surprise to discover that Veneto has always been a well respected and innovative wine region. This area of north-easterly area of Italy benefits greatly from a continental climate tempered by the Alps, and plenty of influence from the Germanic countries it is near to. Veneto is most commonly associated with beautifully elegant white wines, such as those of Soave, and has over ninety thousand hectares under vine. Impressively, within that area, over a third of the vineyards in the Veneto region have been granted official AOC status, and many of the sub-regions and appellations of Veneto have gone on to be world-famous in regards to quality. One such example is Valpolicella, where some of Italy's finest and most complex red wines are produced.