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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $79.95 $86.99
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Bottle: $15.94
12 bottles: $15.62
The Berger liter of Zweigelt is an unbelievable value red wine. Made in the same style as the Gru?ner Liter, but aged...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $14.01
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $17.50
The 2021 Zweigelt was grown on the southern edge of Kamptal on alluvial gravels. Subtle reduction is still smoky and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $7.88 $11.25
Zweigelt is a crossing between Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent created by Dr. Fritz Zweigelt at the Klosterneuburg in...
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375ml
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Bottle: $18.94
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Rich and plummy quite lush for a ‘basic’ Liter wine, with almost a New World fleshiness.
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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: $15.94 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.62
The 2022 Savatiano Old Vines is unoaked and comes in at 12.6% alcohol. This is mightily impressive in its youth....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.94
12 bottles: $16.60
Also a month in bottle, but it's more round and also less sweet; in fact this is a mannerly fellow with a certain...
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Red
750ml
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $19.38
Violet-reddish in color. Aromas of cherry, dark berries, herbs and spices. On the palate it is balanced with firm...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $15.83
Deep purple in color with aromas of fresh cherries and clean earth. Medium bodied on the palate with flavors of black...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $18.28
Deep purple in color with aromas of fresh cherries and clean earth. Medium bodied on the palate with flavors of black...
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Red
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $12.94 $14.30
12 bottles: $12.35
This is bottled and made in the shared Buchegger-Mayr winery. 100% Zweigelt, grown in loess soils. The fruit is...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
Quite a rich and earthy wine with plenty of spice and savoriness, but also generous blueberry fruit. Underlying this...
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Red
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Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $14.01
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $16.94

Ice Wine Savatiano Zweigelt

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?