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$13.10
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$9.52
THE BASICS Red wine with fresh and fruity flavors. THE TASTE Bold and fruity with aromas of citrus and mulling...
750ml
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$34.94
12 bottles:
$34.24
• 100% Barbera.
• Practicing Biodynamic.
• Sierra Foothills AVA (Shake Ridge Vyd).
• Planted in early...
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$12.76
$13.43
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$10.45
Homestyle Sangria is a refreshing sangria that delivers all the natural flavors of delicious premium red wine with a...
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$23.37
$24.60
6 bottles:
$15.00
Homestyle Sangria is a refreshing sangria that delivers all the natural flavors of delicious premium red wine with a...
1.0Ltr
Bottle:
$12.76
$13.43
12 bottles:
$10.45
Homestyle Sangria is a refreshing sangria that delivers all the natural flavors of delicious premium white wine with...
1.5Ltr
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$23.37
$24.60
6 bottles:
$15.00
Homestyle Sangria is a refreshing sangria that delivers all the natural flavors of delicious premium white wine with...
3.0Ltr
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$22.00
$23.16
6 bottles:
$13.00
A refreshing red with flavors of citrus fruit and just the right amount of sweetness. Serve chilled over ice. Enjoy...
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$33.25
$35.00
4 bottles:
$20.02
A refreshing red with flavors of citrus fruit and just the right amount of sweetness. Serve chilled over ice. Enjoy...
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
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$16.54
A Hosmer Exclusive!! This fun alternative to traditional red wine, our Sangria bursts with lively citrus flavors and...
750ml
Bottle:
$36.50
12 bottles:
$35.77
Dark color, clean and fresh with a hint of mulberry, this fleshy and varietal Barbera has a rich long extractive finish.
750ml
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$20.89
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$20.47
This easily enjoyable wine offers notes of rose and violet florals, cranberry, strawberry, rhubarb, fennel, cinnamon,...
750ml
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$19.94
$21.68
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$19.54
This full-bodied and moderately tannic wine offers a good, mellow, barrel-aged character along with deep-black-fruit...
Barbera Japanese Whiskey Refosco Mencia United States
For centuries now, the beautiful red grapes of the Barbera varietal have been grown in Italy, where they are prized for their unusual high acid content and low tannins, brought about by their thin skins. The Barbera grape varietal thrives in warmer climates, and has had some success overseas in the new world, where its strongly aromatic flavors of intense hedgerow fruits make it a favorite with wineries and wine drinkers looking for a grape which offers plenty of interesting characteristics. Interestingly, the differences between young and aged wines made from this varietal are quite significant, with younger bottles holding a plethora of berry flavors, including blueberry and raspberry notes, and oak aged wines made from the Barbera grape being much loved for their ability to become extremely complex and spicy, and picking up vanilla flavors from the wood they are barreled in.
Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.
The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.
Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.
While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.
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.