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Sparkling
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.83 $17.59
12 bottles: $12.35
Perfect for an afternoon picnic, an evening of sunset gazing, a night of binge watching your favorite series or any...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $16.71 $17.59
12 bottles: $12.35
This fun & light sparkling Unicorn Bubbles offers delicate flavors of fresh green apple and citrus with lively...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.71 $13.01
• 100% Riesling. • Sourced from the Caroway Estate. • Vineyard in Columbia Valley. • Cool fermented in...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $20.08
12 bottles: $19.68
Appealing for its easygoing and perfumed strawberry and spice flavors. Sold as a 375ml can. Drink now. 280 cases made.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.51 $18.43
12 bottles: $12.36
White stone fruit, white peach, apricot, cool and delicious. Think Fuji apple, shiroplum, lime leaves. Focused and a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.90 $16.66
Lemon curd, peach, green apple and wet stone notes. Touch of honey. It’s medium-bodied, vibrant and creamy, with a...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $169.94
3 bottles: $166.54
Rich and unctuous, thick in texture but polished and refined, this deftly balances its pear, pineapple, tobacco and...
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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...
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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.
White
750ml
Bottle: $12.94
12 bottles: $10.77
White
750ml
Bottle: $27.94
12 bottles: $27.38
The 2021 Riesling Sagemoor Vineyards from DeLille Cellars wafts up with sweet floral perfumes, candied ginger, lime...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.35 $19.28
12 bottles: $15.05
The aromas of pear, spice and tropical fruit lead to well-balanced flavors with a kiss of sweetness. This sparkler...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.32 $19.28
12 bottles: $15.05
Easygoing and festive, with crisp cherry and kiwifruit flavors. Drink now. 20,000 cases made.
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.32 $19.28
12 bottles: $15.05
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.64 $15.41
12 bottles: $11.52
Our Riesling opens with a delightful aroma of Orange Blossom, Citrus, and peach. On the palate, fruit-forward notes...
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.89
12 bottles: $19.49
Inspired by the great wines of Germany and winemaker Armin Diel, proprietor of the renowned Schlossgut Diel. Poet’s...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.84
12 bottles: $15.52

Champagne Blend Riesling Sangiovese United States Washington State Wine

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

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.

The name of this grape, meaning 'blood of Jove' conjures up evocative images of long dead civilizations, and gives the Sangiovese varietal a sense of the holy, the sacred, the special. Indeed, this particular type of Italian grape has been cultivated and processed for thousands of years, and is said to be the original favorite grape varietal of the Romans, and the Etruscans before them. Throughout history, vintners have continued to plant this varietal, and they continue to produce wonderful wines to this day. The long bunches of very dark, round fruit are treasured by fine wineries in Italy and a few other places around the world, and when young, these grapes are lively – full of strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. However, it is when they are aged in oak that they take on some truly special flavors and aromas, as seen in some of the finest wines of the Old World.

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.

Since it began in the 1820s, wine-production in Washington state has gone from strength to strength, with many of the finest United States wines coming out over the past twenty years hailing from this region. Today, the state is the second largest US producer of wines, behind California, with over forty thousand acres under vine. The state itself is split into two distinct wine regions, separated by the Cascade Range, which casts an important rain shadow over much of the area. As such, the vast majority of vines are grown and cultivated in the dry, arid desert-like area in the eastern half of the state, with the western half producing less than one percent of the state's wines where it is considerably wetter. Washington state is famed for producing many of the most accessible wines of the country, with Merlot and Chardonnay varietal grapes leading the way, and much experimentation with other varietals characterizing the state's produce in the twenty-first century.