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Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.00
Leathery and earthy nuances with touches of black pepper under lots of dark fruit aromas. Very dense and smooth...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.94
The 2021 Bedrock Heritage Wine is a great expression of this site. Black cherry, chocolate, spice, leather and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $46.94 $48.00
12 bottles: $46.00
Brooding and deeply structured, this retains a sense of focus and vibrancy, with flavors of wild berries, clove,...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.99
This wine is bursting with aromas of ripe blackberries, roasted hazelnuts, and caramel. With intense concentration...
Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.00
Notes of ripe blackberries and plums with hints of baking spices, dried rosemary, cocoa and moist earth. Full-bodied...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $45.95
12 bottles: $45.03
I loved the nose on the 2019 Arise Proprietary Red, and it's loaded with red and black fruits, darker herbs,...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.83
12 bottles: $25.31
Our proprietary red blend is made in an approachable style that is simply delicious on release. It is a blend of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.44 $25.20
Serious and classy blend with a nice bouquet showing expressive aromas of violets, ripe black fruits, vanilla,...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.90
12 bottles: $15.44
Aromas of currants, sweet tobacco and oyster shell follow through to a medium to full body with firm, creamy tannins...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $13.94
The very young red 2021 Bozeto de Exopto mixes Tempranillo from Ábalos and Mediterranean Garnacha from Alfaro (with...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.94 $32.10
The 2017 Bootleg Red Wine checks in as 73% Cabernet Sauvignon and 27% Merlot that's mostly from Howell Mountain, yet...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.99
12 bottles: $14.99
Anyone who has ever ventured into a young vintage port will know that few regions in the wine world can deliver...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.58 $16.75
Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.92
12 bottles: $15.60
A fragrant nose full of vivid strawberries and sweet cherries. Tight and lightly chewy on the palate with plenty of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $88.81 $92.00
#19 TOP 100 WINES OF ARGENTINA, 2022. This has a complex nose of baked blackberries, grilled plums, dried earth,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.84 $28.00
Caymus-Suisun Walking Fool 2021 is a Zinfandel/ Petite Sirah blend that spent 18 months in French and American Oak.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $140.95 $144.00
"We don't have anything in mind about what the final blend will be each year," winemaker Andy Erickson said about...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.79 $18.34
12 bottles: $17.43
Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.88
12 bottles: $37.98
Readers will find a rich, flamboyant wine in the 2016 Barde-Haut. There is not a ton of subtlety here, but I am not...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.80
12 bottles: $21.66
Superb intensity and clarity of fruit, ranging from blueberries to blackcurrants to oyster shells and lightly tarry...
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Marsala Red Blend Red Bordeaux Rapid Ship Wine

Marsala is a well known fortified wine from Italy’s largest island, Sicily. A largely misunderstood and undervalued fortified wine, it is most commonly associated with its sweet variety - usually used as a cooking wine - although the finest dry Masalas are able to stand up to more revered, similar wines such as Sherry and Madeira. Marsala has been made in Sicily since the mid 18th century, and it grew wildly popular around Europe as sailors introduced it to port towns across the continent. Marsala wine has a beautiful set of flavors, most typically including apricot, tamarind, vanilla and tobacco, making it a delightfully intense treat when served as a sipping wine.



Marsala wine comes in several different varieties, and most of them are a world away from the sweet wines used in sauces and chicken dishes. Amber, golden and ruby versions of Masala are produced, from a range of different native grape varietals, and many of the finest are aged for over ten years to achieve a fascinating set of complex flavors and a remarkably smooth finish. It is usually made from the Grillo, Inzolia, Damaschino and Catarratto white grapes, although the ruby Masala wines uses typical Sicilian red varietals such as Nero d’Avola and Calabrese, among others.

There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.