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750ml
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This pale straw-colored prosecco pours with a fine, persistent fizz. As the bubbles dissipate, subtly peachy and...
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Bottle: $46.33
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Deep dense intense ruby red colour, with a purple viscous rim. Intense nose with ripe blackberry, wild strawberry and...
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Colour: Very delicate pink colour displayoing fine bright perlage. Aromas: The Col de Salici Rose is fresh, crispy,...
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#BAE Sparkling Rose has abundant aromas of luscious fruits such as strawberries, gooseberries, and cherries, together...
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750ml
Bottle: $7.99
Ballatore Gran Spumante Sparkling White Wine is sweet and crisp. Aromas of ripe peach and apricot combine with melon...
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750ml
Bottle: $23.64 $24.88
12 bottles: $19.00
This elegant, well-balanced wine is trim and compact, offering subtle crisp apple and bright lemon notes lightly...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.38 $17.09
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Bright crisp flavors of stone fruit and citrus. The label features everyone's favorite furry friend! Great sipping on...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Melon, pear, and stone fruit aromas with a touch of honey. A light palate with a loose, frothy mousse. Easy-drinking,...
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Sparkling
750ml
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A bold perfume of roses, ruby red grapefruit, red currant, and white pepper is enthralling. Juicy, invigorating, and...
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Sparkling
750ml
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Silvery straw color. Fruity, floral aromas of hot house flowers, fancy tropical fruit salad, and panettone with a...
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750ml
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Acacia, green apple, toasted walnut, honeysuckle, nectarine, and the slightest hint of strawberry make for an...
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750ml
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Bold, no-holds-barred confected peach aromas practically explode from the glass with a touch of pie crust, blossom,...
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Sparkling
750ml
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Pale silvery pink color. Floral, fruity aromas of lilacs, spiced peach sorbet, and lychee with a supple, vibrant,...
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Sparkling
750ml
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This lightly sweet sparkler shows a beautiful bouquet of pressed wildflowers, exotic melon fruit, chamomile, and...
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750ml
Bottle: $39.94
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White spring flower, orange zest and bread crust aromas are front and center. The elegant, creamy palate offers...
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750ml
Bottle: $29.94 $32.80
The NV Franciacorta Golf 1927 is composed mostly of Chardonnay with a dollop of Pinot Noir. It’s rich and floral...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $64.79
6 bottles: $64.00
The grapes for this wine come from a single vineyard where the more than twenty-year-old vines enjoy the benefits of...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $47.94 $48.79
12 bottles: $46.98
The sensual and georgic Pinot noir, of our vineyards seized by the woods, transfuses into the glass undergrowth notes...
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Champagne Blend Japanese Whiskey Montepulciano Mencia 750ml

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

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.