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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
This fresh and vibrant Muscadet shows lifted notes of Meyer lemon, white peach, and Key lime, with a mouthwatering...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.35 $19.28
12 bottles: $15.05
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.93 $16.25
12 bottles: $14.63
La Pepiere is one of the best and most progressive Muscadet producers, even as it's undergone a leadership...
White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
Full bodied & mineral. Bright hue. Nose of white flowers & almonds.
White
750ml
Bottle: $27.94
12 bottles: $27.38
30-60 year old vines located north of the Lac de Grandlieu. Vineyards are planted densely with 7,000 vines per hectare.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
30-60 year old vines located north of the Lac de Grandlieu. Vineyards are planted densely with 7,000 vines per hectare.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.43 $13.01
12 bottles: $12.36
The Torrontés, which is of Cafayate fame is fresh and 100% stainless steel-aged, allowing the unique aromas and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $49.94 $75.94
Pretty, perfumed nose of white lavender, honeysuckle, peaches, orange blossom, white pears, lemon pith and blanched...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.00
12 bottles: $14.70
Intense and bright yellow with gold edges. Delicate aromas where flowers presence, mainly roses are the most...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $23.46
Aromas of meyer lemon, honeycomb, and orange blossom with flinty minerality. Medium bodied with bright vegetal...
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White
375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $41.31
This is made by drying the grapes, just like Vin Santo but with torontel. Mango dessert, dried papaya, sticky rice,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.94
12 bottles: $25.42
This is a surprisingly bright and herbal Pinotage, with an intense floral, garrigue to the bouquet and a distinct,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.94
12 bottles: $12.68
COLOR Golden color with green flashes NOSE Very intense aromas with hints of peach, orange and grapefruit FLAVOR Well...
White
750ml
Bottle: $16.00
12 bottles: $15.68
Luc and Jerome Choblet are the third generation to make wine at their family estate, in the Côtes de Grandlieu...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $20.52 $21.60
This remarkable Vin de France (thus without vintage on the label) has not only the color of a honeydew melon, it also...
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Melon de Bourgogne Pinotage Torrontes Xarel-lo

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.

Pinotage is the signature grape varietal of South Africa, and is the most widely grown grape in the country, as well as being common in several other countries around the world. It is a viticultural cross of two fine grape varietals, the Pinot Noir and the Cinsaut (known as Hermitage in South Africa, hence the portmanteau name), and is notable for the fact that it produces excellent and flavorful wines of a deep red color The flavors most commonly associated with Pinotage wines are generally smoky in nature, with notes ranging from dark bramble fruits, to plum, mulberry and earthy characteristics. However, it often also includes quite tropical flavors of stewed banana. The Pinotage varietal is a versatile one, and is often used for producing fortified and sparkling wines, as well as the more common still red wines.