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Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.90
12 bottles: $26.36
Enticing nose of red fruit with some wild strawberry character. Medium-bodied, juicy and silky, this has a spot-on...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.90
12 bottles: $27.34
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $89.11
6 bottles: $87.33
Bright and vivid with a linear palate of black cherries, plums and orange peel. It’s tight and focused with a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.10
12 bottles: $20.68
Deep ruby in color, this wine offers a complex nose, minerally and fruity. It mingles aromas of ripe raspberry, black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.89 $20.80
Subtle aromas of fresh fruit and of white flowers. Beautiful freshness and balance between roundness and finesse in...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.89 $22.39
12 bottles: $20.52
Rich, deep and slightly funky with lingering aromas of flowers and rocks.
Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.79
12 bottles: $25.27
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $22.94
Notes of rich red fruit combine with a long, satisfying finish to make this wine an excellent pairing with poultry...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.52 $21.60
This bright, deep red has a varietal aroma of rose petal and ripe strawberries joined by flavors of Maraschino...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $61.56 $64.80
This VSOP Cognac is aged for four years in oak barrels, followed by six months in Mizunara, a particularly...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $104.88 $110.40
An incredibly enticing bouquet of orange blossom, honeysuckle, ripe peach, and vanilla prime the palate for a racy...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $173.94
Cognac PARK Borderies Mizunara Single Cask 2004 draws its specificity from a marriage of Single Cru Cognac which is...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $69.60
This silky single-vineyard Cognac hits all the right notes, layering rounded vanilla, sherry and butterscotch with...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $38.76 $40.80
12 bottles: $31.64
We recognise firstly the combined aromas of spring-dried flowers, of baked apples and of macerated cherries that open...
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $58.80
12 bottles: $50.16
Candied orange peel, vanilla and oak tease the nose. Meanwhile, the palate is oak-forward, translating into vanilla,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $98.04 $103.20
6 bottles: $86.40
Crafted to magnify the exquisite characteristics of the Grande Champagne, a famed growing region known for producing...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $116.28 $122.40
Made with a blend of brandies aged 20 to 25 years, this is a pleasant sipper, with complex flavors that unfold...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $26.58
Especially, delicate and floral, attractive to the nose and pleasant to the palate. Its fresh and juicy character is...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $14.25
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $28.17 $29.65
12 bottles: $26.23
RATED BEST VS COGNAC 2022. Dark amber color. Aromas and flavors of chocolate covered candied orange, baked apple...
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Cognac Gamay Mencia Petite Arvine

For over three hundred years, Cognac has enjoyed its reputation as the king of brandies. Indeed, it is widely regarded as the finest drink to be distilled from grapes to be found anywhere in the world, and it is a testament to its producers and the master craftsmen who make it that this reputation has never faltered, and remains as strong as ever to this day.

Cognac is produced solely in the beautiful towns of Cognac and Jarnac, found about fifty miles north of Bordeaux, on the west coast of France. Here, around six thousand grape growers work exclusively in the production of white wine, used for the Cognac distilleries which are scattered throughout the region. The wines are made primarily from the Ugni Blanc or Trebbiano grape - one of the most commonly planted grape varietals in the world - which benefit from the cool, coastal climate and mineral rich soils which are found there. The wines themselves wouldn’t be suitable for drinking in themselves, as they are high in acid and low in alcohol, but this makes them ideal for distillation, and they can impart their wonderful, complex, rich flavors to the brandy.

Cognac varies quite significantly from bottle to bottle, depending on how long it has been aged for, and which appellation it comes from. The Cognac region is split into six separate Crus, all with their own distinctive characteristics, and the spirit can be aged from two years (VS) to six (Hors d’Age and Napoleon) and longer.

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.