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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.44
12 bottles: $17.09
Notes of ripe, juicy, fleshy plum and ripe black cherry marry on the fruity nose. The palate follows through and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
Some leafy and sweetly fragrant herbal aromas here with bright fruit, in a ripe yet nicely layered mode on the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $7.88 $11.25
Zweigelt is a crossing between Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent created by Dr. Fritz Zweigelt at the Klosterneuburg in...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $69.94
Notes of cocoa and pepper frame the damson plum, dark cherry and licorice that linger on the core. Smoky elements...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $32.94
12 bottles: $32.28
Inspired by Huët’s revered Pétillant, Tony Hwang introduced this fascinating sparkling wine in 2007. Peszsgo is...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $119.49
Plenty of blackberry and licorice aromas are married to excellent ripeness on the palate. However, this impressive...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $110.94
Ripe blackberry fruit is married to some chocolate and coffee. Quite an imposing tannin structure, but nothing is...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.25 $15.00
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $24.94
12 bottles: $24.44
Szigeti seeks to produce wines in a fresh style with clear varietal expression. Gustav Klimt Adele Blanc de Blancs...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $60.53
The 2018 Riesling Smaragd Ried Klaus is deep, coolish and slightly flinty on the spicy and complex nose where ripe...
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Bottle: $62.35

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Archaeological evidence suggests that grapevines have been grown and cultivated in what is today modern Austria for over four thousand years, making it one of the oldest wine producing countries in the world. Over the centuries, relatively little has changed in Austrian wine, with the dominant grape varietals continuing to be Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt, Pinot Noir and others. Austria is renowned for producing excellent and characterful dry white wines, although in the eastern part of the country, many wineries specialist in sweeter white wines made in a similar style to those of neighboring Hungary. Today, Austria has over fifty thousand hectares under vine, split over four key wine regions. The domestic wine industry remains strong, with Austrians drinking their local produce outside in the summer, and people around the world are beginning to once more rediscover this fascinating and ancient wine culture.

Hungary was once considered one of the world's leading wine countries, with their distinctive and flavorful wines being the favorites of Europe's royal families until the early 20th century and the fall of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. The Soviet Union all but obliterated Hungary's wine traditions, replacing their unique produce with the sweet and characterless red wines the country is still often associated with, yet thankfully, the past twenty five years has seen an impressive return to form. All over the historic Tokaj region, craftsmen and master vintners are using the grape varietals which thrive on the hillsides in the hot summers and long autumns to once again produce the amazingly flavored Tokaji wines – a wine made by allowing the grapes to wither on the vine, thus concentrating the sugars and producing remarkable flavors and aromas of marzipan, dried fruits, pear and candied peel.