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White
750ml
Bottle: $81.00
6 bottles: $79.80
This is another fantastic white and continues to be one of the best from Tuscany. It’s so perfumed with sliced...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $82.88
6 bottles: $81.22
A solid white with dried pear, apple, cream and stone aromas and flavors. It’s full-bodied with a beautiful core of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.53
12 bottles: $19.14
Sliced-pear some red-apple aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied with lemon zest and fresh pear on the finish....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.80 $18.74
12 bottles: $14.81
Brilliant ruby color with violet edges. Strawberries, raspberries and ripe fruit with touch of pepper and spices...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.88
12 bottles: $38.10
Classic Uco Valley aromas of deep berry fruits are touched-up by oak that lends tobacco and vanilla to the nose. On...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.90 $18.80
12 bottles: $17.54
This ripe and bold Malbec has some serious muscle to it, not to mention a good deal going on with the wine. Dark...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.90 $19.52
12 bottles: $17.86
The 2022 Malbec A Lisa originates from Mainqué in Río Negro, Patagonia. A bright, purple-hued wine, it offers fresh...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $43.90 $48.72
A full-bodied red with olives, blackberries, wild blueberries, mussel shells and hints of licorice on the nose. Fresh...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $142.90 $147.12
COLOR: Deep Violet. NOSE: The bouquet of this wine is an intense dark fruit, with hints of coffee, dark chocolate and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.76 $13.43
12 bottles: $10.45
Round, smooth and full-flavored. It has a purplish color and spicy aroma. Balanced with smooth tannins, rich plums...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.41
12 bottles: $15.10
Deeply red with violet hues. Aromas of ripe red fruits, cassis and pepper. Sweet on the palate, friendly tannins with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $17.91
12 bottles: $13.99
Lots of fruit and flowers here. Elegant violets, dark cherries and a fine twist of peppery spice. Quite juicy on the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.36 $20.40
12 bottles: $16.63
A nicely juicy and fine-grained malbec with restrained sweet spices, blackberries, blueberries and a hint of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.50
12 bottles: $12.25
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $10.93
Beautiful red fruits such as plums and cherries. The palate offers a balanced mouthfeel with flavors of redcurrant...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $11.99
Perfumed yet focused nose with lots of violets and deep but fresh blueberries. Very pure. A mineral undertone makes...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.92
12 bottles: $16.58
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.08 $14.82
12 bottles: $10.46
An intense red-colored wine. The nose has aromas of ripe red fruit. It is elegant and balanced on the palate, with...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.94
12 bottles: $12.35
Sweet berries and cherries with some dusty-earth aromas that follow through to a medium body, light tannins and a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $61.50
6 bottles: $60.27
This has a pretty nose of jasmine, honeysuckle, white peach and melon. Medium-bodied with a ripe, creamy and juicy...
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Friulano Italian White Blends Malbec Savatiano 750ml

The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.

Savatiano is probably Greece's most well known and most widely grown grape varietal, as it is the primary grape used in the production of Retsina, where the fermenting juices of the Savatiano varietal are flavored with pine resin in order to make this distinctive and famous wine. One of the reasons for the wide cultivation of this grape is due to its hardiness, and resistance to drought conditions. In the sun-drenched and dry, rocky Greek landscapes, this makes it an ideal vine to grow for wine-makers who require a strong and bounteous yield each year.

However, there are plenty of examples of Greek white wines which use the Savatiano grape but withhold from the addition the pine resin flavoring, allowing the true characteristics of this varietal to shine through. The result is often very pleasing indeed, with Savatiano grapes generally producing extremely well balanced and rounded white wines, with a juicily fruity flavor. Their aromas can vary quite a lot, with many Savatiano wines bearing the fragrance of citrus fruits, and also occasionally having a strong floral aroma reminiscent of elder and rose. Due to the relatively low acidity of Savatiano grapes, the wines which use them (including Retsina) generally bolster themselves with the addition of smaller quantities of more acidic varieties, such as Assyrtiko or Rhoditis, in order to improve their sometimes weak structure.

Additional Information on Greek Wines


Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?