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750ml
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$13.26
$13.96
12 bottles:
$10.46
Brilliant, pale straw hue. High toned sweet rice and bread dough aromas come with a measure of alcoholic warmth. A...
750ml
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$15.00
Crystal clear in the glass, this aromatic sake gives off subtle aromas of lilies, river stones, and tapioca. Crisp...
300ml
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$16.05
$16.90
12 bottles:
$13.18
Complex aromas of soy sauce, yellow flowers, and sungold tomatoes are delicate and inviting. Dry in the mouth, the...
720ml
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$41.12
$43.28
6 bottles:
$36.80
Complex aromas of soy sauce, yellow flowers, and sungold tomatoes are delicate and inviting. Dry in the mouth, the...
720ml
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$29.72
$31.28
6 bottles:
$24.00
Suzaku is the elegant mythical phoenix like bird that is said to be the noble guardian of the south. This junmai...
720ml
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$21.37
$22.49
6 bottles:
$15.00
Gekkeikan Nigori is a rough-filtered Junmai-shu. By definition Nigori means 'cloudy' and this style of sake is...
1.8Ltr
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$63.27
$66.60
This Junmai Ginjo brings out the gorgeous subtleties of this Yamada Nishiki, with an initial sensation of melon...
720ml
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$29.64
$31.20
This Junmai Ginjo brings out the gorgeous subtleties of this Yamada Nishiki, with an initial sensation of melon...
500ml
Bottle:
$43.64
6 bottles:
$36.80
DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS 2018 - PLATINUM: Deliciously complex notes of fresh apple, chamomile, lemon and baked...
750ml
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$17.99
Zingy, rich nose that’s full of yellow apples, white almonds, biscuits and sour dough. Creamy, round and flavorful...
720ml
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$34.80
12 bottles:
$33.06
For his Junmai Daiginjo Niizawa-san has chosen to use heirloom Omachi rice milled to 40% which gives this graceful...
720ml
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$21.66
$22.80
Slightly fuller and chewier than the Hakurakusei Tokubetsu Junmai, it shares the house style: clean and zippy and...
1.8Ltr
Bottle:
$46.17
$48.60
6 bottles:
$45.60
Slightly fuller and chewier than the Hakurakusei Tokubetsu Junmai, it shares the house style: clean and zippy and...
720ml
Bottle:
$24.23
6 bottles:
$19.19
Using selected Japanese Plum, "Ume", Hakutsuru Plum Wine has been brewed with highly developed fermentation skills...
750ml
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$18.81
$19.80
Using selected Japanese Plum, "Ume", Hakutsuru Plum Wine has been brewed with highly developed fermentation skills...
500ml
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$14.45
$15.21
12 bottles:
$12.35
Hakutsuru Plum Wine "SLIM" is produced from selected Japanese Plum, Ume, and using highly developed fermentation...
720ml
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$21.74
$22.88
6 bottles:
$18.80
This is a sake with a mellow, rich flavor. When enjoying your sake chilled, a sake cup, wine glass, or cocktail glass...
300ml
Bottle:
$13.87
12 bottles:
$13.18
Straw color. Aromas of ripe melon, shiso, grapefruit zest, pear, rainwater, elderflower, caraway, and star anise with...
720ml
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$25.60
Straw color. Aromas of ripe melon, shiso, grapefruit zest, pear, rainwater, elderflower, caraway, and star anise with...
Dornfelder 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.