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White
750ml
Bottle: $75.60 $84.00
The 2020 vintage has provided us with a stunning example of what this vineyard can produce. Its intense aroma is...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $79.82
12 bottles: $78.22
The 2018 Pinot Noir Flax Vineyard shows a more red-toned profile than the other Pinots in the range. Cedar, iron,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $78.94 $82.80
12 bottles: $78.66
Mouthfilling, with ripe and lively boysenberry, plum and linzer torte flavors that bounce off each other, while anise...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $81.93 $90.00
On first impression, this wine reveals an intensely fragrant aroma, rich with fraise du bois, blueberry, rose petals...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $58.85 $62.60
Sports vivid, punchy boysenberry and mulberry fruit, along with a burst of hibiscus throughout, all framed by a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $39.94
A stunning white, this leaps out of the glass with aromatic mango, orange blossom and salted ripe melon flavors....
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $83.38
Echoing the mood of the harvest, the personality of this wine conveys a strikingly pure fruit character. The deep...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $86.75
Sports vivid, punchy boysenberry and mulberry fruit, along with a burst of hibiscus throughout, all framed by a...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $83.15
Jammy plum, strawberry and dark cherry ooze from the core of this beautifully coastal wine, seasoned in dried herb,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $87.72
Case only
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $69.92
A stunning white, this leaps out of the glass with aromatic mango, orange blossom and salted ripe melon flavors....
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United States California

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.

California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.