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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $40.68 $42.82
6 bottles: $36.32
Rich and smooth with deep, intriguing notes of roasted grain, vanilla, and honey that are unlike any other.
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $56.54 $59.52
In Basque language, BIKKUN means a thing you do with someone, in pairs. This is the origin of our BIKKUN Vatted Malt...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $65.94
The acidity of the Riesling grape keeps this sweet dessert wine in balance with notes of honey and caramel.
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $54.04 $56.88
6 bottles: $50.87
This unique newcomer—a French single-malt whisky finished in used Cognac barrels—tastes like a soft, golden...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $65.36 $68.80
6 bottles: $61.82
Golden and delicately perfumed with peach, white flowers and tropical fruit, this newly-launched 10-year-old French...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Dinna Fash Single Malt Whisky shows a golden, dark brown and brilliant color. The nose is expressive with notes of...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $54.72 $57.60
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $128.95
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $142.95
Distilled by Hans Reisetbauer, this is like an amplified version of his 12 year old (see below). Red pears,...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $35.75 $36.40
12 bottles: $35.04
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $100.50 $105.79
Burning cedar, chocolate-flavored tobacco notes, and sooty ash pierce through this powerful whisky's smoky aromas,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $55.10 $58.00
A Swedish sherry bomb exploding with plum, candied peel, raisins, prune juice, and star anise; heavier on rich sherry...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $46.35 $48.79
This lightly-peated whisky is golden and bright, offering honey and fresh pear aromas. The silky palate opens mellow...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $55.10 $58.00
Peppery spice rubs, light vanilla, and whipped cream meet a stealthy growth of grassy peat smoke, leading to aromas...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $95.15 $97.79
Amazing depth of colour and outstanding red berry flavours, particularly strawberry, lend this red Icewine to pair...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $70.99 $76.94
This is a glorious icewine where acidity and sugar are in perfect harmony. The candied orange peel, ginger, straw and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $66.94 $74.20
The 2019 Gold Vidal Icewine was fermented and aged for about 14 weeks in 90% new French oak. It comes in with 272...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $63.48
6 bottles: $48.60
Notes of bright citrus with a smooth, fresh finish.
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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?