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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.94 $26.80
Copper-orange color. Knockout, endlessly complex perfume of orange blossom, cinnamon Red Hots, clove, ginger and...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.93
Blackberries, blueberries, terra cotta, brick and white pepper on the nose. Medium-bodied with very tight and...
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Rapid Ship
White
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $38.99
Rich, fruity and enticing, this sweet vermouth is warmed with notes of fig and dried cherries, and just faint hints...
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Rapid Ship
White
375ml
Bottle: $17.94
Rich, fruity and enticing, this sweet vermouth is warmed with notes of fig and dried cherries, and just faint hints...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $39.89 $41.99
6 bottles: $32.63
Rich, fruity and enticing, this sweet vermouth is warmed with notes of fig and dried cherries, and just faint hints...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $18.23 $19.19
12 bottles: $14.19
New to the U.S. market, this dry vermouth smells fresh and fruity. It’s well-structured, too: sweet at first, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.94
The complex and compelling nose of red fruit pulls you inexorably into the concentrated and beautifully proportioned...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.94
This beautiful Fleurie has stacks of black raspberry fruit, but is anything other than loud. It gracefully tiptoes...
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White
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $36.48
6 bottles: $26.40
Enticing aromas of green olive, stewed cherry, lemon peel, licorice, thyme, and pine resin. Dried red fruits, brine,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $31.28
6 bottles: $27.20
Intense, piney, and minty on first sniff with deeper hints of eucalyptus, cola, and chocolate covered strawberries....
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.55 $30.40
Such a brooding nose with black pepper, violet and fresh blueberry and blackberry fruit. Spicy and tight on the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.69 $27.59
Blackberries, blueberries and peppercorns on the nose. Full-bodied, yet tight and polished with chewy tannins and...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $14.94
It's fair to say that no other country delivered value in this year's DWWA to match that sent over to us from...
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White
700ml
Bottle: $19.76 $20.80
TOP 100 SPIRITS 2022. Expect a burnished gold hue and an aroma mixing dried herb and floral notes: lavender and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94 $18.80
12 bottles: $17.58
Lifted perfumed nose of violets, lilies and roses over beautiful dark fruit and baking spice undertones. Really fresh...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.65
12 bottles: $25.14
Amazing depth and intensity to this old-vine malbec with blackberry and black-licorice character to the wine....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $23.43 $24.66
6 bottles: $20.58
A rich, golden color is displayed in this slightly sweet aperitif. The classic vermouth flavors of wormwood and...
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White
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $10.99
Cola hue. Sensuous nose features ginger, prunes, sap and bark aromas. In the mouth, it's supple, sweet, winey and...
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95
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $27.31 $28.75
6 bottles: $18.33
Cola hue. Sensuous nose features ginger, prunes, sap and bark aromas. In the mouth, it's supple, sweet, winey and...
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White
375ml
Bottle: $6.99
Cola hue. Sensuous nose features ginger, prunes, sap and bark aromas. In the mouth, it's supple, sweet, winey and...
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Gamay Malbec Vermouth Wine

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.

The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.