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White
750ml
Bottle: $23.90
12 bottles: $23.42
Pale yellow with yellow gold sparkles Complex and intense nose, floral and spicy at the same time. It has weight as...
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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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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.50
12 bottles: $21.07
Pale gold, our 2021 Gewurztraminer is perfumed with nose of rose petals, clementine peel, and cardamom. The wine is...
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375ml
Bottle: $35.75 $36.40
12 bottles: $35.04
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White
750ml
Bottle: $67.20
How can a gewurztraminer be this concentrated, have 14% alcohol and still be this subtle? It has all the floral notes...
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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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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.89
12 bottles: $22.43
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.00
12 bottles: $21.56
The orange hue of this wine comes from the skin contact and maceration during fermentation; the same process that...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $31.94 $32.80
Aroma: A kaleidoscope of aromas: rose petals, spicy blossoms of lilies, ylang-ylang, gardenia; ripe exotic yellow...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $30.94
12 bottles: $30.32
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $64.94
Intense rose petal and lychee nut aromas. Rich and spicy with purity of flavors, beautiful elegance and great...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $31.56
Clear, bright, golden yellow color. Deep, fruity aromas of orange peel, some dried fruit and marzipan, a hint of...
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Gewurztraminer Ice Wine Savatiano 12 Ship Free Items

Gewurztraminer is renowned for being a particularly tricky grape varietal to grow and cultivate, but is one which plenty of wineries persevere with due to its unique properties and excellent flavors The vines themselves are highly robust, and can even be unruly when in the correct type of soil, but they cannot grow well in terroirs which contain chalk or other similar components. They are also extremely susceptible to a wide range of diseases and rot, and due to their early budding and fruiting, they cannot survive frost. However, despite these problems, in cooler climates and on the right terroir, the Gewurztraminer grape varietal produces wonderful results quite unlike any other vine. The pink grapes are packed full of elegant and sweet flavors, their relatively high sugar content offering a light sweetness alongside floral notes, perfumed and aromatic aromas, and a distinctive taste of lychees.

Savatiano is probably Greece's most well known and most widely grown grape varietal, as it is the primary grape used in the production of Retsina, where the fermenting juices of the Savatiano varietal are flavored with pine resin in order to make this distinctive and famous wine. One of the reasons for the wide cultivation of this grape is due to its hardiness, and resistance to drought conditions. In the sun-drenched and dry, rocky Greek landscapes, this makes it an ideal vine to grow for wine-makers who require a strong and bounteous yield each year.

However, there are plenty of examples of Greek white wines which use the Savatiano grape but withhold from the addition the pine resin flavoring, allowing the true characteristics of this varietal to shine through. The result is often very pleasing indeed, with Savatiano grapes generally producing extremely well balanced and rounded white wines, with a juicily fruity flavor. Their aromas can vary quite a lot, with many Savatiano wines bearing the fragrance of citrus fruits, and also occasionally having a strong floral aroma reminiscent of elder and rose. Due to the relatively low acidity of Savatiano grapes, the wines which use them (including Retsina) generally bolster themselves with the addition of smaller quantities of more acidic varieties, such as Assyrtiko or Rhoditis, in order to improve their sometimes weak structure.

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?