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Red
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Bottle: $78.90
6 bottles: $78.00
A ripe ruby color, the 2020 Barolo Bricco Delle Viole is incredible on the nose. Initially lightly smoky on opening,...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $84.90
6 bottles: $83.20
Bright ruby-colored, the 2020 Barolo Ravera is fresh and fruity with notes of cherry candies, lilacs, darker spice...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $76.94
Undergoing a four-week maceration followed by approximately nine months in French oak (50% new), Es is intoxicating:...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.94
Celebrating its 30th anniversary (1991-2021), the Castello di Montepò 2021 Sassoalloro is a selection of the special...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $52.94
I loved the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Ciel Du Cheval, a pure, balanced, elegant 2020 with lots of character. Cassis,...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $66.94
Aromas of baked cherries, plums and fresh violets. Full-bodied with fine, chewy tannins. Rich. Clear herbal...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.79
12 bottles: $36.05
The nose opens with ripe huckleberry, black currants, and blackberry jam, supported by a backdrop of fennel and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $99.90
12 bottles: $97.90
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is a prime example of the transparency provided by this vintage throughout...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $58.88 $63.00
12 bottles: $58.71
Powerfully ripe yet racy and thrilling with acidity, this deeply concentrated Chardonnay exhibits a masterful balance...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $61.89 $67.20
The 2019 Pinot Noir Estate was fermented with 35% whole clusters and aged in 50% new French oak. It has a lively,...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $45.90
12 bottles: $44.98
The 2020 Carmignano Riserva Piaggia impresses with its understated power, lifting up with a delicate blend of dried...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
The 2022 Pietranera, a zesty blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Cabernet Franc, opens with a darkly alluring blend of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $69.94
The 2021 Poggio de Colli, 100% Cabernet Franc, is stunning. It’s peppery and floral throughout, with masses of...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $42.94
The 2021 Zinfandel Pagani Ranch is a wine of tremendous stature. Vertical and composed in bearing, the 2021 has a ton...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $27.94
The 2020 Fiano di Avellino Riserva Tognano combines richness with verve, wafting up with a sweetly smoky blend of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
Rich cherries, cassis, fresh olives and dark spices. Svelte, fine tannins on the medium- to full-bodied palate,...
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Rapid Ship
Rose
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
The salmon-hued 2023 Rosato is quite distinctive and complex, opening with an herbaceous nose of thyme, rosemary and...
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There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

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.