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9diDANTE’s journey through Dante’s Divine Comedy reaches the celestial spheres of Heaven, with an original recipe...
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As the first ever vermouth to be blended exclusively from 100% Arneis DOC wine, PURGATORIO continues to pledge...
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Blended from equal parts Dolcetto Red and Cortese White Piedmont wines, we have developed this orginial recipe to...
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This vermouth leads with notes of citrus zest, followed by flavors of bay leaf, lemon grass, cucumber, lanolin,...
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Caramel in color, this vermouth leads with woodsy notes of balsam and clove and follow with warm flavors of walnut...
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750ml
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Copper-orange color. Knockout, endlessly complex perfume of orange blossom, cinnamon Red Hots, clove, ginger and...
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750ml
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The bright mirabelle, Amalfi-lemon and white-pepper aromas pour from the glass of this energetic gruner veltliner,...
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A classic Gruner Veltliner for the notes of lentil, white peach, smoke and milled pepper. Lithe and creamy, this...
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This wine shows a light yellow color with green tints. The wine offers apple and pear fruits on the nose. Dry, fresh,...
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This wine shows a light yellow color with green tints. The wine offers apple and pear fruits on the nose. Dry, fresh,...
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750ml
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Landing on the more bitter end of the vermouth spectrum, almost feeling like a cross between sweet vermouth and...
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750ml
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The Tement wines make up the base wine for the Vermouth and the brandies are made by Manfred Tement's friend, Alois...
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A combination of second press juice from all of the white wine holdings covering the entire four hectares. Because...
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White
375ml
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Rather than seeking out the exotic, often imported botanicals that go into more modern styled gins and vermouth of...
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375ml
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The decision was made to produce a vermouth that was “of the garden,” packed with fresh rosemary, bay laurel,...
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750ml
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Barolo Chinato is a venerated category of Piedmontese spirit that stylistically sits between a vermouth and an amaro....
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Atamán vermouth, produced primarily using Manzanillas from the historic Angioletti and El Toro wineries that are...
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500ml
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Atamán vermouth, produced primarily using Manzanillas from the historic Angioletti and El Toro wineries that are...
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355ml
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Our Bee’s Knees canned cocktail is a classic that combines handcrafted spirits with a hint of honey and light...

Gruner Veltliner Mavrodaphne Seltzer Vermouth

Gruner Veltliner is a pale skinned white wine grape varietal most closely associated with central European countries such as Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In recent years, it has spread somewhat to several New World countries, where it is becoming gradually more popular and regularly seen in wine stores. One of the main attractions of this grape varietal for winemakers is the fact that it is highly versatile, and can be used for the production of several different wine styles, including young, dry white wines, excellent sparkling wines, and it is also a grape varietal which is well suited for aging Gruner Veltliner has the ability to express much of its terroir, and the best examples are generally those which are full of delightfully mineral-rich flavors alongside the more usual notes of citrus fruits and peach.

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?