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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $34.80
6 bottles: $26.87
Traditional London Dry Gin botanicals mingled with Japanese botanicals, made from 100% grain neutral spirits. 135°...
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Spirits
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $37.80
This is a delightful gin, creamy in texture with fresh acidity. Flavors of Juniper with complex aromas of Christmas...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $38.40
6 bottles: $32.40
Infused and craft–distilled with fresh dill and a touch of caraway seed and juniper berry. Dill aquavit pairs well...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $30.00
6 bottles: $28.80
9diDANTE’s journey through Dante’s Divine Comedy reaches the celestial spheres of Heaven, with an original recipe...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $30.00
6 bottles: $28.80
As the first ever vermouth to be blended exclusively from 100% Arneis DOC wine, PURGATORIO continues to pledge...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $29.20
6 bottles: $28.00
Blended from equal parts Dolcetto Red and Cortese White Piedmont wines, we have developed this orginial recipe to...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.76 $13.43
12 bottles: $10.45
This vermouth leads with notes of citrus zest, followed by flavors of bay leaf, lemon grass, cucumber, lanolin,...
White
750ml
Bottle: $13.43
12 bottles: $10.45
Caramel in color, this vermouth leads with woodsy notes of balsam and clove and follow with warm flavors of walnut...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.94 $26.80
Copper-orange color. Knockout, endlessly complex perfume of orange blossom, cinnamon Red Hots, clove, ginger and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $62.40
This juniper-forward expression is complemented by fresh cucumber skin, sea salt, and tapioca root on the nose. The...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $58.80
6 bottles: $56.40
A bright nose of lime oil, green cardamom, and yellow bell pepper is underscored by earthy, sweet molasses and...
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Spirits
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $40.80
Delicate and strong, bold and soft. A blend of passion and purity with a complexity that intrigues and attracts....
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $44.58 $46.93
6 bottles: $36.91
An intensely complex nose loaded with botanicals and lime zest has underlying savory notes of black pepper. The...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $28.50 $30.00
Spicy caraway and herbaceous rosemary dominate the nose followed on the palate by bright citrus and sweet, subtle...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $28.50 $30.00
Winter apple, spicy caraway and mellow vanilla dominate the nose followed on the palate by fresh lemon peel, soft...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $28.12 $29.60
6 bottles: $24.00
Landing on the more bitter end of the vermouth spectrum, almost feeling like a cross between sweet vermouth and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $34.20 $36.00
The Tement wines make up the base wine for the Vermouth and the brandies are made by Manfred Tement's friend, Alois...
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $42.19
6 bottles: $41.40
Lemon peel, lavender, apple blossom, a touch of fennel. Fruit notes rush to the fore, with grape sweetness intact....
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White
375ml
Bottle: $15.44 $16.25
12 bottles: $14.85
Rather than seeking out the exotic, often imported botanicals that go into more modern styled gins and vermouth of...

Gin Ice Wine Mavrodaphne Vermouth

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?