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White
750ml
Bottle: $40.95 $46.80
The 2017 Chardonnay Sangiacomo Vineyards opens with aromas of lemon meringue, popcorn, banana chip and stone fruits...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $23.10 $26.40
A graceful Chardonnay, with ripe yellow apple and pear fruit enlivened by bright acidity and a lightly crunchy...
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91
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.50 $16.08
La Spinetta has decided to vinify this variety in purity, in order to enhance its peculiarities. The scents are...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.58 $47.52
Rampolla's 2018 Sangiovese di Santa Lucia is 100% Sangiovese done in cocciopesto (a mix of clay and cement), which...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.60 $20.11
Rich and savory in the glass, the 2022 Bramito della Sala slowly opens to show hints of young peach and apricot,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $42.00 $48.00
The 2021 Pouilly-Fuissé Tête de Cuvée, a blend of different plots, contains slightly more wood maturation than...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $36.83 $42.10
Light yellow robe, intense white flower and almond nose with gourmet toasty notes, ripe citrus fruits revealed in the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $31.66 $36.18
The idea here is to make a village wine, basically, though it’s sold and marketed as a Gutswein or Estate bottled...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.55 $21.20
Teppo can be translated as ‘tempo’ or ‘time.’ This is Riesling that shows the importance of waiting,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $7.88 $11.25
Zweigelt is a crossing between Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent created by Dr. Fritz Zweigelt at the Klosterneuburg in...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.95 $22.80
"Full of life! A bouquet of citrus aromas, and then we find honey and vanilla. In the mouth, it's funky, spontaneous,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.70 $17.50
This fresh, brilliant pale-gold Chardonnay shows delicate varietal aromas with flavors of apple and melon offset by...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $40.60 $46.40
This is very subtle and complete with cooked lemons and apples and a complement of straw and gunpowder. Full-bodied,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $42.00 $48.00
The 2019 Chardonnay Martinelli Road is an attractive, easygoing wine to drink now and over the next handful of years....
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White
375ml
Bottle: $12.60 $15.00
Intense straw yellow eye. The nose is rich and full but is also letting thru pure notes of a salty minerality not...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.80 $27.20
Rich and loaded with cherry, plum, earth and tobacco aromas and flavors. Firms up as this builds to the finish, where...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $29.99 $44.94
Les Pierres is a beautiful, pale straw color with a slightly green hue. This particular vintage is richly aromatic...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.80 $19.20
Another village wine, the 2021 Riesling Ockfener is entirely from the Ockfener Bockstein, from the center of the...
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Chardonnay Riesling Sangiovese Zweigelt End Bin Wine

Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.

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.