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Our classic, Number Fourteen, is a junmai ginjo namazake. Intended to be served locally, chilled, and enjoyed soon...
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Notes of oat, and brown spices. Peppery, velvety, medium body with a dry finish.
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“Occidental” is a single yeast junmai. At the end of the fermentation process (post pressing), the sake is gently...
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Our classic, Blue Door, is a junmai namazake. Intended to be served locally, chilled, and enjoyed soon after the...
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This traditional dessert wine compares favorably to the most famous imported brands of cream sherry - only ours is...
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This traditionally made sake has a very unique nose filled with chocolate, cream, and wool elements. Talk about a...
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Aromas of fresh pressed cider are supported with a core of earthiness. Medium rich in the mouth, it pleasantly coats...
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A wonderful bouquet that includes toasty scents of baked apple and baked pear and subtle aromas of brown sugar and...
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This eight-year-old Calvados « Finition en Fûts de Porto » (Porto cask finish) stayed several months in small...
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Aromas of melon and plum, rich texture. Balanced between sweet and dry with flavors of Asian pear, banana and almonds.
720ml
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Initial notes of marzipan and honeydew melon in a silken texture. Hints of wildflower honey resolve into a snappy...
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Medium-bodied with hints of honeydew and natural rice flavors. 8000 Generations is meant to be enjoyed straight up,...
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A unique yeast derived from flowers gives this exceptionally elegant sake a pronounced floral bouquet. Tones of...
Calvados Sake Savatiano Sherry
Savatiano is probably Greece's most well known and most widely grown grape varietal, as it is the primary grape used in the production of Retsina, where the fermenting juices of the Savatiano varietal are flavored with pine resin in order to make this distinctive and famous wine. One of the reasons for the wide cultivation of this grape is due to its hardiness, and resistance to drought conditions. In the sun-drenched and dry, rocky Greek landscapes, this makes it an ideal vine to grow for wine-makers who require a strong and bounteous yield each year.
However, there are plenty of examples of Greek white wines which use the Savatiano grape but withhold from the addition the pine resin flavoring, allowing the true characteristics of this varietal to shine through. The result is often very pleasing indeed, with Savatiano grapes generally producing extremely well balanced and rounded white wines, with a juicily fruity flavor. Their aromas can vary quite a lot, with many Savatiano wines bearing the fragrance of citrus fruits, and also occasionally having a strong floral aroma reminiscent of elder and rose. Due to the relatively low acidity of Savatiano grapes, the wines which use them (including Retsina) generally bolster themselves with the addition of smaller quantities of more acidic varieties, such as Assyrtiko or Rhoditis, in order to improve their sometimes weak structure.
Additional Information on Greek Wines
Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.