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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.70 $17.50
The effusive violet and blackcurrant-pastille aromas draw you into this elegant and silky, mid-weight Brouilly with...
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90
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $19.94
Delectable, fruity nose underscored with aromas of red and black fruits. Generous and aromatic on the palate, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.94
12 bottles: $25.42
Delectable, fruity nose underscored with aromas of red and black fruits. Generous and aromatic on the palate, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.94
12 bottles: $41.10
Needs a moment in the glass for the forest-berry aromas to open up. Very minerally and smoky with plenty of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $32.94
The complex and compelling nose of red fruit pulls you inexorably into the concentrated and beautifully proportioned...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.75 $18.00
This structured wine gives concentration as well as broad and ripe black fruits. The wine is full, rich, and can age...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.90
12 bottles: $24.40
Ruby red with purple highlights. Beautiful balance between ripe red fruits and ethereal floral notes. A remarkable...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $93.00
Very well structured, yet restrained and elegant with a cool and delicate personality for the warm vintage, this is a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.94
This beautiful Fleurie has stacks of black raspberry fruit, but is anything other than loud. It gracefully tiptoes...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.95
12 bottles: $22.49
Rated 92 - The Régnié “Sans Soufre” from Château de la Pierre hails from a beautiful parcel of sixty to...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.25
12 bottles: $14.95
Cherry red in color with a distinct nose of bright red fruit such as cherry & blackcurrant. Full of finesse with soft...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.70
12 bottles: $27.27
Well structured, yet soft, elegant traditionally styled Juliénas, with delicious flavors of herb, spice and lovely...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.70
12 bottles: $27.27
Well structured, yet soft, elegant traditionally styled Juliénas, with delicious flavors of herb, spice and lovely...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.80
12 bottles: $28.22
Well structured, yet soft, elegant traditionally styled Juliénas, with delicious flavors of herb, spice and lovely...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.90
12 bottles: $26.36
Enticing nose of red fruit with some wild strawberry character. Medium-bodied, juicy and silky, this has a spot-on...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.90
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $89.11
6 bottles: $87.33
Bright and vivid with a linear palate of black cherries, plums and orange peel. It’s tight and focused with a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $59.90
6 bottles: $58.70
The beautifully integrated oak gives this concentrated Cotes de Brouilly an extra level of intensity and structure,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.10
12 bottles: $20.68
Deep ruby in color, this wine offers a complex nose, minerally and fruity. It mingles aromas of ripe raspberry, black...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $58.13 $61.19
6 bottles: $52.79
Clear golden amber color. Baked aromas of chocolate cake, toasted coconut, and plums soaked in maple syrup, pecan...
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Brachetto Gamay Ice Wine Rye Whiskey

Brachetto is a delicate red wine grape grown predominantly in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, where it has been cultivated and used in the production of a range of wines for centuries. The grapes usually hold delicate flavors of summer berries, most notably strawberries, and are used to make light bodied, extremely drinkable wines perfect for hot sunny days. Their thin skins mean that they are usually low in tannins, which results in a silky smooth, mild red wine. Because of their lightness and fresh, summery flavors, they are also used to make excellent sparkling wines, similar to a Lambrusco. They are a highly aromatic grape varietal, and in recent decades they have started to be planted in many New World countries with similar climatic conditions to their native Italy.

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.

Rye Whiskey is enjoying something of a renaissance of late, with sales rocketing in recent years thanks to a growing interest in strong, unique flavors, and small, independent distilleries. Rye Whiskey is a drink which is all about powerful, bold flavors, with plenty of spice and bitterness when drunk young. Aged, however, it takes on a deep set of subtle notes which are beautifully mellow and complex, and becomes a fascinating example of what whiskey can be when made with expert hands.

In order for an American Whiskey to be labeled a Rye Whiskey, it must have a mash content which is no less than fifty one percent rye. This separates it from Bourbon, and it is this which gives it its distinctive flavor and spiciness. Toffee, cinnamon, caraway, cloves and oak are typical tasting notes, and ‘straight rye’ whiskies - which are aged in charred oak barrels - take on plenty of the smokiness of the wood, adding a further, fascinating facet.

Rye Whiskey has its spiritual home in the northeastern states of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and cities like Pittsburgh produced vast quantities of Rye Whiskey in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most the old distilleries were closed during the prohibition era, after which time rye whiskey more or less disappeared completely, but the twenty-first century is seeing old recipes being resurrected and released to rave reviews.