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Is there anything better than ice cream on a hot day? There is now. We took the fruity, floral notes of oranges,...
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One of summer’s finest gifts is the luscious, juicy peach. And the only way to improve on nature’s perfection is...
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There's not a Bloody Mary in the world that can’t be improved by a little bit of dill pickle. That’s why we...
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Some cucumbers end up way cooler than others. Ours, for instance, mingled with some choice peppers and some moonshine...
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Get your own taste of the tropics when you bite into our sweet pineapples steeped in Ole Smoky® Pina Colada...
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It may be in everything from lattes to muffins, but we’ve given pumpkin spice exactly what it needs: A little kick...
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Sugar cookies and cinnamon are one of those magical pairings that make a whole new kind of delicious. That’s why we...
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Pucker up for a blast of razzed-up berry flavor with a sour twist. We took our moonshine and blended it with a flavor...
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Tart doesn't even begin to cover it. This moonshine starts with a sour, lip-smacking punch that leaves you with a...
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Not much compares to white chocolate covered strawberries. Except for maybe our White Chocolate Strawberry Cream...
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A bolt like no other. Ole Smoky® White Lightnin’ Moonshine is just the charge you need to start the night off...
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Black Muscat, another under appreciated muscat variety, is known in Europe as a table grape variety, Muscat Hamburg,...
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Essensia is a full-bodied sweet wine made with Orange Muscat grapes. The experience of Essensia is unmistakable: a...
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The 2012 Vin Santo is compelling, as it so often is. Caramel, honey, brown sugar and kirsch are some of the many...
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This is a Vin Santo that is traditional both in its blend of Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes as well as in its method...
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The 2019 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Beerenauslese is coolish, flinty and floral on the precise and aromatic nose...
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Balls-to-the-wall power here, an enveloping BA that's elegant and not voluptuous, with creamy-malty flavors but even...
Dessert Wine Mavrodaphne Moonshine Mencia
In the Archaea region, high in the Northern Peloponnese mountains, the predominant grape varietal grown is the prized Mavrodaphne. Meaning 'Black Laurel', the Mavrodaphne grapes have extremely dark skins, and ripen slowly under the Greek sunshine, helped by the mineral rich soils the vines thrive in. This grape varietal is mostly used to produce the opaque, inky fortified wine of the same name, which is popular all over Greece and elsewhere in the world. This fortified wine allows the grapes to really show off their complex and fascinating flavors, which range from a rich marzipan to flavors of bitter chocolate, sweet coffee, dried figs and prunes, as well as plenty of jammy fruit notes.
Mavrodaphne is produced in a traditional method which involves leaving the grape juice exposed to the sun in large vats, before having its fermentation halted by the addition of various distillates taken from previous successful vintages. This mixture contains plenty of residual sugar, which gives the end result its characteristic sticky sweetness, and also helps with the next fermentation process, which typically takes place in large underground cellars. The final product is a heady drink, absolutely bursting with unusual, rich and sweet flavors and carried in a dark and slightly viscous Port-like liquid.
Mavrodaphne grapes are also used for the production of still red wines, but are generally blended with varietals such as Agiorgitiko or imported grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon. Mavrodaphne grapes are excellent for mellowing more acidic varieties, and producing deliciously rounded wines, which have taken the international market by storm in recent decades.
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?