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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.90 $18.00
12 bottles: $16.63
With mustard flowers designed on the front label, the Caruso & Minini 2022 Sicilia Catarratto Naturalmente Bio shows...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $24.94
Aromas of tropical fruits, honeysuckle, lemon basil, and a hint of spice. Rich and textural with balanced acidity. A...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $16.94
Deep yellow in color with aromas of ripe tropical fruit such as mango and papaya. Rich, ample and lingering on the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.90 $26.80
IrROSSO is the result of the union between Sangiovese and small addition of our own grapes from different varieties:...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $30.20
Color: full and compact ruby red. Nose: of great breadth and finesse, with beautiful notes of plum, blackberry and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.99
Aromas of plums, blackcurrants, dark chocolate, tobacco, balsamic and cigar box. It’s medium-to full-bodied with...
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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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Red
750ml
Bottle: $94.94 $101.20
Super fragranced nose, patchouli, pot pourri, Turkish Delight, rose with caramelised red berries and a touch of smoke...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $79.90 $81.20
6 bottles: $78.30
Color: Deep red. Bouquet: Complex, with aromas of cassis, ripe fruit, licorice and tobacco. Taste: In the mouth, the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $69.92 $73.20
6 bottles: $69.60
Packaged with an embossed metal plate on its front label, the Castello Banfi 2018 SummuS is an all-Tuscan blend of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $78.94
6 bottles: $77.36
Dark-fruited and chocolaty character here with crushed walnuts, dried leaves, licorice and hints of moss. Medium- to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.41 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
The ‘Poggio’ winemaking team takes great pride in crafting delightful wines of the highest quality. Please enjoy!...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $76.50
6 bottles: $74.97
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $47.85
6 bottles: $46.89
Firm and racy merlot with fine tannins that are polished and pretty. Medium body. Lovely walnut undertones to the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $60.45
6 bottles: $59.24
Intense ruby-red in color with garnet highlights, Corbaia offers jammy aromas of black currants, cherries, and cassis...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $46.94
6 bottles: $46.00
COLOR: Ruby red color. NOSE: Elegant and intense bouquet on the nose with aromas of black fruitsand spices, and an...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.75 $40.79
Well-marked by toasty oak, this red also reveals juicy black cherry, blackberry and black olive flavors. Shows a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.63 $18.48
12 bottles: $13.71
COLOR: Ruby red in the glass. AROMA: Notes of cherry, small red fruit and floral notes of iris and violet on the...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.48
12 bottles: $18.11

Grenache Italian Red Blends Mencia Pelaverga Italy 750ml

The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.


For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent 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.