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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $30.36 $31.96
6 bottles: $20.80
The Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling is a crisp, dry and refreshing style of Riesling. It exhibits fresh flavors of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $8.99
The Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling is a crisp, dry and refreshing style of Riesling. It exhibits fresh flavors of...
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.68
6 bottles: $15.63
This is a ripe, lush style of Riesling with aromas of intense ripe fruits, followed by a crisp finish with a unique...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.11 $15.91
12 bottles: $11.52
Since 1967, the dedicated winemakers at Chateau Ste. Michelle have transformed the finest grapes into some of the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.11 $15.91
12 bottles: $11.52
Fragrant bouquet, followed by a complex palate of ripe peaches and apricot.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.94 $20.88
12 bottles: $16.65
This "New World" style Riesling offers a light sweetness balanced by bright flavors of red apple, pear, white peach...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $9.99
Ripe peach flavors balance ripe acidity, hints of lime and characteristic mineral notes and hints of spice.Pairs...
White
750ml
Bottle: $35.90
12 bottles: $35.18
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White
750ml
Bottle: $57.20
12 bottles: $56.06
Clemens’ only parcel of blue slate on the Marienburg, which imparts luster, florality, sizzling acids and fantastic...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $57.20
12 bottles: $56.06
65-90 year old ungrafted vines planted on grey slate. A dry wine from a site famous for its noble sweets. Firm,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $57.95
12 bottles: $56.79
The Big Red One. The Rothenpfad interestingly is the terminus of the iron- and copper-rich red-colored geological...
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750ml
Bottle: $36.00
12 bottles: $35.28
From the grey slate portion(s) of the Marienburg hill, facing south, southwest, and southeast. The vines are over 30...
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750ml
Bottle: $29.95
12 bottles: $29.35
”From red slate,” sourced from the same site that supplies Clemens’ GG wine on red slate, namely the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.94
12 bottles: $10.77
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.62 $15.13
The 2022 Nero d'Avola mixes sweet herbal tones with crushed black cherries and wet stone to form an inviting bouquet....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $22.80
12 bottles: $21.66
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.36 $13.01
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.64
Nero d’Avola, guyot, planted in 2011, harvested in late September at 42 hl/ha. Destemmed and crushed, with...
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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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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.63 $18.48
12 bottles: $13.59
Umami notes of soy sauce and black olives, a bit of mossy underbrush and berries swirl together on the nose of the...
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Melon de Bourgogne Nero D'avola Mencia Riesling

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.

Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.



Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.

Riesling grapes have been grown in and around central Europe for centuries, and over time, they became the lasting symbol of south Germany's ancient and proud wine culture. Whilst the reputation of German wines abroad has in the past been mixed, the Germans themselves take an enormous amount of pride in their wineries, and Riesling grapes have now spread around the globe, growing anywhere with the correct climate in which they can thrive. Riesling grape varietals generally require much cooler climatic conditions than many other white grapes, and they are generally considered to be a very 'terroir expressive' varietal, meaning that the features and characteristics of the terroir they are grown on comes across in the flavors and aromas in the bottle. It is this important feature which has allowed Riesling wines to be elevated into the category of 'fine' white wines, as the features of the top quality bottles are generally considered to be highly unique and offer much to interest wine enthusiasts.