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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.94 $11.70
This opaque ruby wine has aromas of freshly picked black cherries, raspberry, plum, rose and yellow flowers, with...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $106.48 $112.08
6 bottles: $99.00
This full, exceptionally smooth rye bears aromas and notes of ginger, vanilla, honey, black pepper, charred oak and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $49.08
6 bottles: $40.50
This Empire Rye is made with rye and barley grown on Coppersea's property, as well as that of neighboring farms. The...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $44.91 $47.27
12 bottles: $36.09
Crown Royal Northern Harvest pops up out of nowhere and changes the game,...It certainly puts the rye into Canadian...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $46.74 $49.20
Made with a mix of 80% rye and 20% malt, this whiskey is scented with honey and hops. The palate is distinctly drying...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $12.35
Gottwieger Berg (named for the hillside on which the grapes are sustainably farmed) keeps the focus tight and the...
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.92
12 bottles: $15.83
A crunchy, fresh style, with a bitter edge framing green apple and nectarine flavors. Slightly waxy, with honeyed...
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Spirits
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Bottle: $19.38
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $66.51 $70.01
6 bottles: $59.99
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.94
12 bottles: $13.71
An expressive wine with notes of grapefruit, lemon, fresh basil and kiwi. Gruner Veltliner is the most popular white...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.87 $14.30
12 bottles: $11.75
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $104.77 $110.28
6 bottles: $100.80
Commencing with cherry oak, almond and vanilla, the middle to finish with a hint of anise, notes of woody spices, and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.00
12 bottles: $11.76
Attractive red and blue fruit with herb and dried orange-peel perfume. Soft and juicy with medium body and a polished...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $37.20
12 bottles: $36.46
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White
750ml
Bottle: $29.20
12 bottles: $28.62
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White
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Bottle: $12.90 $13.87
Erich’s Liter bottling of Grüner Veltliner has steadily improved over the last decade and is now one of the very...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.62 $17.50
Light, delicate yellowish green; bold exotic fruit, bananas, Aranzini and a hint of ice candy; the cheeky, reductive...
White
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
Loessterrasen is named for the terraces dug into the loess soils in the Kamptal. Erich farms these vineyards...
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White
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $13.99 $14.73
Slim and racy, spring water strained through herbs; a wine to drink, not taste, to gulp, not sip, a wine which...
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Bonarda Gruner Veltliner Mencia Rye Whiskey

Gruner Veltliner is a pale skinned white wine grape varietal most closely associated with central European countries such as Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In recent years, it has spread somewhat to several New World countries, where it is becoming gradually more popular and regularly seen in wine stores. One of the main attractions of this grape varietal for winemakers is the fact that it is highly versatile, and can be used for the production of several different wine styles, including young, dry white wines, excellent sparkling wines, and it is also a grape varietal which is well suited for aging Gruner Veltliner has the ability to express much of its terroir, and the best examples are generally those which are full of delightfully mineral-rich flavors alongside the more usual notes of citrus fruits and peach.

Rye Whiskey is enjoying something of a renaissance of late, with sales rocketing in recent years thanks to a growing interest in strong, unique flavors, and small, independent distilleries. Rye Whiskey is a drink which is all about powerful, bold flavors, with plenty of spice and bitterness when drunk young. Aged, however, it takes on a deep set of subtle notes which are beautifully mellow and complex, and becomes a fascinating example of what whiskey can be when made with expert hands.

In order for an American Whiskey to be labeled a Rye Whiskey, it must have a mash content which is no less than fifty one percent rye. This separates it from Bourbon, and it is this which gives it its distinctive flavor and spiciness. Toffee, cinnamon, caraway, cloves and oak are typical tasting notes, and ‘straight rye’ whiskies - which are aged in charred oak barrels - take on plenty of the smokiness of the wood, adding a further, fascinating facet.

Rye Whiskey has its spiritual home in the northeastern states of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and cities like Pittsburgh produced vast quantities of Rye Whiskey in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most the old distilleries were closed during the prohibition era, after which time rye whiskey more or less disappeared completely, but the twenty-first century is seeing old recipes being resurrected and released to rave reviews.