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Spirits
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $26.98
Our naturally gluten-free vodka is made 100% from malted and unmalted peas. Named after Gregor Mendel, the geneticist...
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.35
12 bottles: $26.44
As the first vodka approved to wear the Idaho Potato Commission’s official seal, our naturally gluten free Mountain...
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Spirits
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $20.99
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of lemongrass, beeswax, butcher paper, and pickled ginger with a velvety, vibrant,...
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94
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92
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Spirits
1.75Ltr
Bottle: $29.99
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of lemongrass, beeswax, butcher paper, and pickled ginger with a velvety, vibrant,...
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94
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $35.39
12 bottles: $23.70
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of lemongrass, beeswax, butcher paper, and pickled ginger with a velvety, vibrant,...
BTI
94
UBC
92
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $17.99 $18.94
24 bottles: $12.96
Features a bright, pleasantly familiar orange-lemon lollipop scent and fresh, clean and brisk flavors, with most of...
WE
98
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94
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.71 $35.48
12 bottles: $25.98
Features a bright, pleasantly familiar orange-lemon lollipop scent and fresh, clean and brisk flavors, with most of...
WE
98
BTI
94
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $41.26 $43.43
6 bottles: $39.35
This vodka is simply clean, from the mildly sweet aroma to the crisp finish. The palate holds pleasant notes of...
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96
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95
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Spirits
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $21.99
This flavored vodka is clear in the glass, with a grapefruit aroma that really seems to channel the essence of the...
WE
93
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $17.99 $18.94
This flavored vodka is clear in the glass, with a grapefruit aroma that really seems to channel the essence of the...
WE
93
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.71 $35.48
12 bottles: $19.14
This flavored vodka is clear in the glass, with a grapefruit aroma that really seems to channel the essence of the...
WE
93
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $17.99 $18.94
Luscious and perfumy, with Christmas clementine and vanilla aromas. However, there's far more orange on the nose than...
WE
91
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.71 $35.48
12 bottles: $19.14
Luscious and perfumy, with Christmas clementine and vanilla aromas. However, there's far more orange on the nose than...
WE
91
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Spirits
50ml
Bottle: $5.89
Absolut Wild Berri is your natural kick starter for the full-on house warming party, a perfect mood manager for that...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.71 $35.48
6 bottles: $23.15
Absolut Wild Berri is your natural kick starter for the full-on house warming party, a perfect mood manager for that...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.50
Typical Albarino from the Salnés Valley, in Rías Baixas, to enjoy now and for the next 5 years.
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $16.51
Clean and fresh with delicate citrus notes on the nose and a palate packed with green apple, orange peel and lime...
White
750ml
Bottle: $41.94
12 bottles: $41.10
"Alma de Mar" is one of Xurxo's top wines, and comes from a single plot of 100% Albariño very close to the sea. The...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $43.94
12 bottles: $43.06
Xurxo makes this wine from 100% Albariño from a tiny 1 ha vineyard of 35 year old vines grown organically on clay...
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Spirits
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $15.99
Made from 100% American corn: crisp, clean, and gluten-free. Obsessively filtered and bottled by the Albany...

Albarino Mavrodaphne Vodka

The pale skinned grapes of the Albarino varietal have been grown in and around Spain and Portugal for almost a thousand years, where they are highly enjoyed and prized by the locals for their distinctive aroma, and sharp, tart acidity levels. Over the past century, their influence has spread to the New World, and many vineyards keen to emulate the white wines of Spain have had considerable success with this varietal. The light bodied wines which are produced from the Albarino grapes have wonderfully aromatic properties, and carry ripe flavors of soft summer fruits, apricot and peach, with a mild and pleasantly bitter after taste brought on by their thick skins. Because of their acidic nature, they are a fantastic match for many Spanish foods, and are best served chilled on a hot day.

In the Archaea region, high in the Northern Peloponnese mountains, the predominant grape varietal grown is the prized Mavrodaphne. Meaning 'Black Laurel', the Mavrodaphne grapes have extremely dark skins, and ripen slowly under the Greek sunshine, helped by the mineral rich soils the vines thrive in. This grape varietal is mostly used to produce the opaque, inky fortified wine of the same name, which is popular all over Greece and elsewhere in the world. This fortified wine allows the grapes to really show off their complex and fascinating flavors, which range from a rich marzipan to flavors of bitter chocolate, sweet coffee, dried figs and prunes, as well as plenty of jammy fruit notes.

Mavrodaphne is produced in a traditional method which involves leaving the grape juice exposed to the sun in large vats, before having its fermentation halted by the addition of various distillates taken from previous successful vintages. This mixture contains plenty of residual sugar, which gives the end result its characteristic sticky sweetness, and also helps with the next fermentation process, which typically takes place in large underground cellars. The final product is a heady drink, absolutely bursting with unusual, rich and sweet flavors and carried in a dark and slightly viscous Port-like liquid.

Mavrodaphne grapes are also used for the production of still red wines, but are generally blended with varietals such as Agiorgitiko or imported grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon. Mavrodaphne grapes are excellent for mellowing more acidic varieties, and producing deliciously rounded wines, which have taken the international market by storm in recent decades.

Additional Information on Greek Wines


Greek Wines
Ancient Greek Wines – A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?