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White
750ml
Bottle: $28.94 $30.36
12 bottles: $28.84
Stands out for its intensity, with ruby grapefruit, yuzu and lemon essential oil details, plus notes of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $25.23 $27.13
Leaps out of the glass with effusiveness, featuring flavors of apple blossom, Key lime, Honeycrisp, lemon thyme and...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $13.18
Aromas of gooseberry. Passion fruit, and nectarine woven together with a delightful herbal lift. The palate is rich...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.84
12 bottles: $18.46
Flowery with aniseed and licorice. Some subtle lemons. Medium to light body, dry, lovely fruit and a subtle and fine...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.99
Shows yuzu, white grapefruit and apple flavors that are firm and juicy, with touches of apple and lime zest on the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.91 $16.75
12 bottles: $12.37
This crisp Sauvignon Blanc is bursting with stone fruit flavor and vibrant notes of fresh citrus, lime, and apricot...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.72 $17.60
12 bottles: $11.42
Our Riesling is a zesty, fruit-forward wine from vineyards in Germany’s celebrated Pfalz region. Delightful flavors...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.72 $17.60
12 bottles: $13.19
This Sauvignon Blanc is reminiscent of a lemon chiffon cupcake. It's made up of integrated flavors of Meyer lemons,...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $20.52 $21.60
A creamy & mild nigori with notes of banana, citrus and floral.
Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $92.40
Elegant, luscious and balanced with aromas of pineapple, rose & coconut cream.
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Sake/Fruit Wine
900ml
Bottle: $30.78 $32.40
6 bottles: $30.00
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Sake/Fruit Wine
700ml
Bottle: $66.12 $69.60
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.63 $18.48
12 bottles: $12.35
Classically Marlborough, our Sauvignon Blanc is balanced, crisp and lively, perfectly capturing the aromatic...
White
750ml
Bottle: $17.50
12 bottles: $15.44
The goal here is to ‘turn the volume down’ and offer a delicious, honest and balanced expression. A very rare...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $33.94
12 bottles: $33.26
Inviting aromas of flint, matchstick, grated nutmeg, dried lemon rind and sliced grapefruit. Medium-bodied with silky...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.87
12 bottles: $35.15
This has a complex nose of wild strawberries, spiced cherries, hazelnuts, thyme, nutmeg and bark. Sleek tannins with...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.83
12 bottles: $18.45
Pale straw. A pure expression of Dog Point Sauvignon with lifted aromatics of granny smith apple, lemon rind as well...
White
750ml
Bottle: $38.32
This is a beautiful and complex wine with sliced apples, lemons, bread dough and salted pie crust. Some grass. Always...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $47.63
The 2020 Dézaley Grand Cru Médinette is the recent edition of one of the icon wines of this appellation in the...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $45.28
This Blanc de Noirs is very colorful… blame it on a hot and precocious 2020, which endowed this cuvée with great...
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All over Japan, farmers and wine producers take the production of alcoholic beverages including plum wine and sake very seriously. It is an industry which dates back well over a thousand years, and is held in high esteem in this far east country, where plum wines and sake often accompany meals and are used for ceremonial purposes. Whilst plum wine is produced in a relatively similar way to grape based wines, sake requires a complex process more akin to the brewing of beer, except using a rice mash instead of other grains. The rising popularity of both of these drinks in the west has seen the drinks industry in Japan increase dramatically over recent years, and both quality and quantity has risen alongside demand, and is expected to rise further.

As with nearby Australia, New Zealand has over the past century proven itself to be a superb location for producing high quality wines in vast amounts, with much of the cooler regions of both islands being used primarily for vine cultivation. New Zealand wineries are notable for their enthusiasm in regards to experimentation, and for utilizing modern technologies and methods to make the most of the imported grape varietals which flourish in the rich, fertile soils and oceanic climate. In recent years, it has been the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc wines which have gained the most attention, as a result of their smoky character and ability to carry the mineral rich nature of the terroir they grow in. Changing consumer interests have brought about a considerable rise in the production of organic and sustainable wines in New Zealand, of which again, the Sauvignon Blanc varietals are leading the way in regards to excellence, flavor and overall character.




Switzerland is composed by 26 cantons and 4 linguistic areas: the German one, the French one, the Italian and the Romanche. This creates a richness of various expressions, which are also reflected in traditions, lifestyles, eating and drinking manners. Its wine-producing geography is subdivided into six areas: the cantons of Valais, of Vaud and of Geneva, the three lakes' region (Western Switzerland), the German-speaking area (Eastern Switzerland), and the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino. Moreover, Switzerland's particular geographical situation, in between four wine-producing nations (France, Italy, Germany and Austria), offers an extreme diversity in the characters of its wines.


Swiss vineyards give a large choice of grape varieties, although they are still scarcely known abroad. The most typical white grape variety is Chasselas, whose extreme sensitivity to both soil and situation is reflected in subtle differences in taste. Among the red grape varieties, the most widespread is Pinot Noir which can take very different characters depending on the region from where it comes and the type of vinification it has undergone.


History



Vineyards have been cultivated in Switzerland since the Roman era. Even though certain traces can be found of a more ancient origin, many native Swiss vines have Latin names. Christianity and the needs of religious services ensured the cultivation of the vineyards throughout the Middle Age and long after it. However, wine would not be used in masses only and, despite its highs and lows, the wine-production in Switzerland lasted and developed to our days. Swiss products can now be seen abroad as cultural ambassadors of a country whose winegrowers completely dedicate themselves to producing the very best.