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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.99
Red plum, currants and cedar aromas with a touch of earthy goodness. This wine is medium to full-bodied and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.67 $24.08
12 bottles: $15.85
The light yellow 2022 A to Z Wineworks Oregon Riesling has a hint of lime green as it shines in the glass. Both...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
• 100% Merlot. • Sourced from four vineyards in the Yakima Valley, Red Mountain and Columbia Valleys. • Sees...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.90 $13.01
• 100% Riesling. • Sourced from the Caroway Estate. • Vineyard in Columbia Valley. • Cool fermented in...
White
750ml
Bottle: $21.95
12 bottles: $21.51
Auten Vineyard, a gently sloping site on the west side of Cayuga Lake, was first planted to Riesling in 1997, with...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.95
12 bottles: $21.51
Morehouse Road Vineyard, planted in 2001, differs from Auten in its east-west row orientation, and its Lima silt-loam...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.85 $18.00
While quite young at the moment, the stone fruit, lime and florals flow from nose to palate on this slippery, mostly...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
12 bottles: $15.62
Kerosene, lime, white peach and apple blossom open on this appealingly aromatic Riesling. The palate is mostly dry...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $18.44 $20.49
6 bottles: $16.66
Our Merlot is a very stylish and fruit-driven red wine. Rich and complex flavors of plum and berry are complemented...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.45 $11.00
12 bottles: $9.51
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.90 $16.66
Lemon curd, peach, green apple and wet stone notes. Touch of honey. It’s medium-bodied, vibrant and creamy, with a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.68
6 bottles: $15.63
This is a ripe, lush style of Riesling with aromas of intense ripe fruits, followed by a crisp finish with a unique...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.94 $20.88
12 bottles: $16.63
This "New World" style Riesling offers a light sweetness balanced by bright flavors of red apple, pear, white peach...
White
750ml
Bottle: $12.94
12 bottles: $10.77
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.90
12 bottles: $23.42
This vibrant and alluring Merlot draws you in with fragrances of ripe raspberry, Bing cherry and red currant, as well...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.99
I love the apple blossom and white peach aromas of this racy and very focused dry riesling that is only medium-bodied...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.70
12 bottles: $22.25
A sweet late-harvest style of Riesling. Our medium-sweet Reserve Riesling is made from late-harvested grapes that...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.87 $15.41
Our Riesling is a refreshing, off-dry wine with prominent apricot, white peach, lychee nut, Granny Smith apple and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.87 $15.41
12 bottles: $12.68
The Firesteed mission is to craft wines that represent the finest expression of the varietals grown in Oregon, most...
White
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.10
What a beautiful nose of mandarin orange and white flowers this very bright and refreshing, barely off-dry riesling...
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Merlot Riesling 2013 2022 United States

With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.

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.

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.