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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $93.50
6 bottles: $89.42
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of honey and toasted vienna malt, white flowers and oak dust, orange marmalade, and...
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92
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $78.66 $82.80
NOSE: Ripened dark fruits, white pepper, and aged allspice mix harmoniously with subtle citrus & morning dew. PALATE:...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.50
12 bottles: $16.17
A friendly white, with juicy flavors of ripe peach and melon. Remains fresh, thanks to a flinty mineral streak, while...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $29.90
12 bottles: $29.30
Beautiful citrus, lemon zest, flowers, and honeyed notes emerge from the 2019 Crozes-Hermitage Blanc, a...
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90
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $20.90
This is a 70/30 blend of Viognier and Roussanne from vineyards in the Northern Rhône that balances Viognier's floral...
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90
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $13.94
This blend of 80% Clairette and 20% Roussanne highlights Clairette's zesty green apple and white peach flavors with...
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89
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88
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $100.70 $106.00
Kaiy? whisky is matured in the finest Japanese Mizunara oak casks. These casks are handmade due to Mizunara oak’s...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $78.17 $82.28
This was aged in Japan's rare Mizunara oak for the entirety of its maturation, which includes three-month ocean...
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WKY
90
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $106.01 $111.59
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $86.82 $91.39
The lightly smoky sea-breeze aroma entices on the nose. The palate opens with bolder peat smoke underpinned by...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $70.67 $74.39
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $71.82 $75.60
Sandalwood aromas are robust and exhilarating on the nose. The cedar cask influence is immediately apparent in the...
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95
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Spirits
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $99.75 $105.00
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $78.66 $82.80
This single malt whisky marks Kanosuke's first consistent release in the 6 years since their opening in 2018. Like...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $154.80
6 bottles: $141.60
Robust notes of cinnamon, pastry custard, banana, and smokey incense on the nose precede a weighty palate of black...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $49.98
6 bottles: $41.40
Get back to nature; this is a whisky to savor during a spectacular sunrise. Lychee, edamame, pea shoots, green apple,...
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90
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $39.92 $41.10
12 bottles: $37.91
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $42.18 $44.40
12 bottles: $39.90
Showing a nose combining earthy aromas of barley cake, toasted walnut, and campfire smoke with more fruit driven...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.90 $16.66
This wine is a blend of three varietals. The Clairette brings the freshness and zest of citrus, the Viognier the...

Japanese Whiskey Pinot Nero White Rhone Blend

Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.

The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.

Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.

While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.

The Rhone region of France has been producing superb quality white blended wines for centuries, and is a region highly respected and esteemed around the world, with plenty of New World countries keen to emulate the styles and techniques displayed by the historic wineries and skilled vintners of the area. The secret to the Rhone's success when it comes to blended white wines is the careful and expert selection of certain grape varietals, which each lend special features to the blended wine and bring balance and harmony to the bottle. Most commonly, blended white Rhone wines feature no more than two grapes of either the Viognier, Rousanne, Marsanne or Grenache Blanc varietals, and are renowned for their exceptional flavors and highly aromatic, floral character.