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Spirits
700ml
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This blended whisky is an ideal sipper, with an enticing crème brûlèe and dried apricot scents. Those notes are...
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Spirits
750ml
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Gold color. Aromas and flavors of honey and toasted vienna malt, white flowers and oak dust, orange marmalade, and...
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Certified organic, Estate grown fruit from Auersthal in the Weinviertel region of Austria. Fermented in stainless...
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750ml
Bottle: $20.20
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There's a charred, smoky nuance to the nose of this vibrantly straw-colored, that's a bit distracting, but there's...
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The nose is bright, driven by lemon zest and toasted lime. The palate is smooth and creamy carried by a rich texture.
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750ml
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The nose is aromatic, full of floral and citrus notes. On the palate the wine shows jasmine and honesuckle alongside...
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750ml
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A ripe fiano with aromas of dried flowers, papayas, dried pineapples and kumquats. It’s medium- to full-bodied with...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $78.66 $82.80
NOSE: Ripened dark fruits, white pepper, and aged allspice mix harmoniously with subtle citrus & morning dew. PALATE:...
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Bottle: $15.00
Age-old Veltliner – vines in extreme locations – steep and gravelly. Micro-terraces that call for a hands-on...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $11.70
Grüner Veltliner at its finest. Loess soil delivers the starting point for healthy and ripe grapes which are...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $29.60
This 2020 gruner veltliner is brimming with white-pepper, grapefruit-zest and snow-pea aromas. Quite some ripeness...
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750ml
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Ehmoser's Grüner Veltliner Wagram Terrassen is a perfect ambassador of wine from the famous deep loess soils of the...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $100.70 $106.00
Kaiy? whisky is matured in the finest Japanese Mizunara oak casks. These casks are handmade due to Mizunara oak’s...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $78.17 $82.28
This was aged in Japan's rare Mizunara oak for the entirety of its maturation, which includes three-month ocean...
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Fiano Gruner Veltliner Japanese Whiskey

Gruner Veltliner is a pale skinned white wine grape varietal most closely associated with central European countries such as Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In recent years, it has spread somewhat to several New World countries, where it is becoming gradually more popular and regularly seen in wine stores. One of the main attractions of this grape varietal for winemakers is the fact that it is highly versatile, and can be used for the production of several different wine styles, including young, dry white wines, excellent sparkling wines, and it is also a grape varietal which is well suited for aging Gruner Veltliner has the ability to express much of its terroir, and the best examples are generally those which are full of delightfully mineral-rich flavors alongside the more usual notes of citrus fruits and peach.

Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.

The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.

Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.

While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.