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Red
750ml
Bottle: $85.50 $90.00
Chiseled stone, crushed strawberry, dark carnation and pleasantly toasty oak aromas show on the nose of this blend of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.83 $37.20
12 bottles: $34.20
Cranberry, crumpled thyme, dusty earth and a hint of fresh oregano show on the nose of this bottling. There's a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $47.93
12 bottles: $46.97
AROMA : Key lime, lemongrass, graham cracker. FLAVOR : Lemon bar, white tea, saline.
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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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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.00
12 bottles: $23.52
Straw color. Aromas of citrus blossom, green apple, yuzu, and sea spray are supported by flavors of quince, pear...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $39.93
12 bottles: $39.13
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $72.62
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $170.53
I loved the 2019 Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard, a spicy, perfumed, more ethereal Pinot Noir from a great vineyard in the...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $199.85
The 2019 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard is one of the most powerful, structured wines in this lineup. It has so much...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $615.45
#45 Wine of the World 2022. This is a very powerful Monte Bello with currants and blackberry, black licorice and...
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Red
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $135.26
#45 Wine of the World 2022. This is a very powerful Monte Bello with currants and blackberry, black licorice and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $231.42
#45 Wine of the World 2022. This is a very powerful Monte Bello with currants and blackberry, black licorice and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $195.95
#45 Wine of the World 2022. This is a very powerful Monte Bello with currants and blackberry, black licorice and...
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1982 2019 United States California Santa Cruz County

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.