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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.31 $12.57
• 100% Loureiro from choice, south-facing parcels on granite in the Lima Valley. • Hand-harvested. • Fermented...
White
750ml
Bottle: $27.94
12 bottles: $27.38
Melissae is named after the nymphs of honey. The wine shows intense flowery aromatics reminiscent of nectar, making...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.89 $16.25
Crystaline citrus color. Delicate tangerine and lime zest in a mineral, elegant, low alcohol profile where a touch of...
White
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
Bright pale yellow citrus hue. A wine with the backbone of granite minerality, were the aromas dominated by fruits...
White
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
12 bottles: $23.46
This delicious wine is bright, lively and balanced. With flavors of citrus fruits, and apple aromas, this wine pairs...
White
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
12 bottles: $22.48
Loureiro and Vinhão. Harvested and destemmed manually before spontaneous fermentation with the skins in...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.69 $12.99
12 bottles: $11.40
Lemon, kiwi fruit and sea breeze on the nose. Fresh and lemony with light body and a crisp finish. Drink now.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
12 bottles: $15.62
Beautiful aromatics of soft white flowers and exotic citrus with some medium concentration of mandarin and clementine...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $12.59
White
750ml
Bottle: $29.20
6 bottles: $28.00
This wine is rich, packed with fruit and openly textured. It has depth and layers of ripeness. Hints of apricots come...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.70 $13.00
Produced at Quinta do Ameal in the Lima Valley, this wine is crisp, ripe and full of lemon and lime flavors. Lively...
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Ice Wine Loureiro Rye Whiskey Portugal Vinho Verde

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.

Benefiting from both the hot, dry Iberian climate as well as brisk Atlantic winds, Portugal is a perfectly situated country for vineyard cultivation and wine production. With a wine making history which stretches back thousands of years, it comes as little surprise that wine plays an important role in the cultural identity and practices of the country. The Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks and the Romans all had a hand in forming Portugal as an important center for wine production, and over the millennia, this resulted in each region of this beautiful part of Europe producing its own distinctive wines easily identifiable and separate from neighboring Spain's. Today, the varied terroir and climate across Portugal allows a great range of wines to be made each year, from the fresh and dry Vinho Verde wines to the famous and widely drunk fortified Port wines, and many in between.