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Bottle:
$51.38
$54.08
6 bottles:
$42.00
An impressive mix of savory and aromatic aromas is abundant on the nose. Baked white cherries, golden peach, raisins,...
750ml
Bottle:
$108.08
3 bottles:
$90.00
Big flavors of apple and pear cider, clearly holding their character through the influence of the cask, here bringing...
750ml
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$47.28
12 bottles:
$38.76
Aromas of fresh pressed cider are supported with a core of earthiness. Medium rich in the mouth, it pleasantly coats...
750ml
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$109.60
6 bottles:
$108.80
A wonderful bouquet that includes toasty scents of baked apple and baked pear and subtle aromas of brown sugar and...
750ml
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$79.94
6 bottles:
$78.34
This eight-year-old Calvados « Finition en Fûts de Porto » (Porto cask finish) stayed several months in small...
750ml
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$32.40
$36.00
An average of seven years old, Manoir de Montreuil Réserve includes some brandies up to 20 years old in the blend....
750ml
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$35.90
The apples are a mixture of the four categories: sweet, bittersweet, acidic and bitter composed of numerous include...
750ml
Bottle:
$33.63
$35.40
6 bottles:
$27.60
A blend of young Calvados, distilled with extreme care in a copper column still. Aged more than 2 years in oak casks....
750ml
Bottle:
$44.95
$48.00
6 bottles:
$44.05
A blend of young Calvados, distilled with extreme care in a copper column still. Aged more than 3 years in oak casks....
750ml
Bottle:
$49.89
$52.80
12 bottles:
$48.89
Calvados made from a majority of pears can have a wild, volatile edge, that I find here in this six-year-old bottling...
750ml
Bottle:
$40.94
$43.20
12 bottles:
$40.12
This three-year-old bottling from AOC Domfrontais is made from 70% pears and hearkens back to old-school Calvados in...
Calvados Ice Wine Rum France
It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.
Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.
The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.
Year in, year out, France enjoys its prestigious reputation as the producer of the finest wines in the world. With a wine making history which spans several thousand years and owes its expertise to the Romans, it comes as little surprise that this most highly esteemed of the Old World wine countries continues to impress and enchant both novices and experts to this day. Despite the rise in quality of wines from neighboring European countries, not to mention the New World, the French wine industry continues to boom, with up to eight billion bottles being produced in recent years. However, France prides itself on always putting quality before quantity, and the wide range in fine produce is a testament to the dedication and knowledge of the wineries across the country. Indeed, from rich and complex reds to light and aromatic white wines, French wines are as varied and interesting as they are enjoyable to drink, making this country a firm favorite for wine lovers across the globe.