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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.39
12 bottles: $19.98
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.76 $13.43
12 bottles: $10.45
Crafted in an off-dry style, our Gewürztraminer balances subtle sweetness with crisp acidity and vibrant varietal...
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Red
White
750ml
Bottle: $17.91
12 bottles: $17.01
Pale gold, our 2021 Gewurztraminer is perfumed with nose of rose petals, clementine peel, and cardamom. The wine is...
White
750ml
Bottle: $24.40
12 bottles: $23.91
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $12.77
White
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.64
• Practicing Sustainable. • 100% Gewurztraminer. • Planted in 2003. • Fossil Vineyard (Lehigh Valley AVA)....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.24
12 bottles: $14.64
Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.59
12 bottles: $15.28
Full of plum fruit, licorice, earthiness, and black cherries. Fullbodied, silky texture with medium tannins and...
White
750ml
Bottle: $17.50
12 bottles: $17.15
Dry, with a clean, lingering finish. This bright, flavorful wine is ideally suited for intense, savory dishes.
White
750ml
Bottle: $24.00
12 bottles: $19.54
We know wine gets better with age, but is it also possible that our Gewürztraminer gets better with every vintage?...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $42.63 $44.87
6 bottles: $38.39
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.94
12 bottles: $12.68
White
750ml
Bottle: $22.88
12 bottles: $22.42
This wine draws from a 1967 plot in the Josef Vineyard, one of the oldest plantings of vinifera in the region. Much...
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $93.50
6 bottles: $89.42
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of honey and toasted vienna malt, white flowers and oak dust, orange marmalade, and...
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94
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92
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.93 $21.80
I love the extrovert wealth of orange aromas ranging from blossoms to zest and candied peel. Wonderful balance of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $27.40
12 bottles: $26.85
What an attractively floral gewurz this is, not only roses, but also honeysuckle and jasmine. More substance than it...
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93
White
750ml
Bottle: $67.20
How can a gewurztraminer be this concentrated, have 14% alcohol and still be this subtle? It has all the floral notes...
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94
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.13
12 bottles: $17.22
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.80 $12.00
The appellation, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, reveals exactly what this wine is: montepulciano grapes from the Abruzzo...

Gewurztraminer Japanese Whiskey Listan Bianco Montepulciano 750ml

Gewurztraminer is renowned for being a particularly tricky grape varietal to grow and cultivate, but is one which plenty of wineries persevere with due to its unique properties and excellent flavors The vines themselves are highly robust, and can even be unruly when in the correct type of soil, but they cannot grow well in terroirs which contain chalk or other similar components. They are also extremely susceptible to a wide range of diseases and rot, and due to their early budding and fruiting, they cannot survive frost. However, despite these problems, in cooler climates and on the right terroir, the Gewurztraminer grape varietal produces wonderful results quite unlike any other vine. The pink grapes are packed full of elegant and sweet flavors, their relatively high sugar content offering a light sweetness alongside floral notes, perfumed and aromatic aromas, and a distinctive taste of lychees.

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.

Montepulciano grapes are one of the most widely cultivated varietals in Italy, with vines growing in twenty of Italy's ninety five provinces. This varietal is renowned for producing high yields, making it popular with vintners looking for a relatively easy varietal to grow. Whilst the grapes tend to have a low skin to juice ratio, the skins themselves are remarkably high in tannins with a lot of pigmentation, which means they often produce rather well bodied wines with a beautiful deep, dark color The wines of Montepulciano grapes are most commonly associated with soft, rounded characteristics, with plenty of juicy, plummy flavors The wines are known for being very smooth and drinkable, and easy to match with a wide range of foods.