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750ml - Case of 12
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$17.87
Bursts through the glass with dark red cherry, plum, cocoa and spice. Bright acididty on the palate with soft and...
750ml
Bottle:
$65.94
12 bottles:
$64.62
Extremely well crafted with tannins that are very resolved and polished. The palate is medium-to full-bodied. Dark...
750ml
Bottle:
$56.93
$60.00
#68 TOP 100 ITALIAN WINES OF 2019 - Very complex aromas of crushed berries, yet the fresh herbs, dried berries,...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$67.99
The 2016 Bottiglia Particolare (Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon) is packed with dark fruit, dried herbs, leather,...
750ml
Bottle:
$49.75
$55.28
Smoked meat, volcanic ash, licorice and wild cherries. It’s medium-bodied with fine, silky tannins. Delightfully...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$34.18
Slightly advanced color of brick red. The nose shows dried cherries, spices and strawberries with some soya. Medium...
750ml
Bottle:
$162.72
6 bottles:
$162.00
The 2016 Pecchia is one of the best wines I have ever tasted from Gagliole, maybe the best. It possesses tremendous...
750ml
Bottle:
$43.94
12 bottles:
$43.06
The 2016 Camalaione is a worthy follow up to the 2015. For Camalaione, proprietors Luca Orsini and Valeria Viganò...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$174.95
3 bottles:
$171.45
An intense red, with black cherry, blackberry, graphite, tar and toasty oak flavors supported by a dense matrix of...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$14.64
The 2016 Rosso Villa Fidelia, a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, is dark and feral in the glass, mixing black...
750ml
Bottle:
$499.94
A beautiful, complex red with blackcurrants, sage, rosemary and sweet tobacco. Red tile, too. Full-bodied, very...
750ml
Bottle:
$47.94
Gorgeous aromas of crushed berries and currants with violet and lavender undertones. Full body, fine tannins and a...
750ml
Bottle:
$90.94
A wine made from a careful selection of indigenous grape varieties of Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio from...
Pre-Arrival
Ampio Delle Mortelle Toscana 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$163.95
The 2016 Ampio delle Mortelle needs time to shed some of its considerable power. Red cherry, plum, licorice and dried...
Pre-Arrival
Antoniotti Odilio Bramaterra 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$64.45
The plush texture envelops black cherry, black currant and plum flavors, backed by a strict spine of acidity and...
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Bibi Graetz Toscana Colore Rosso 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$233.27
Floral and perfumed with wonderful firmness and brightness. Mushroom and wet earth. Full-bodied with firm, linear...
Pre-Arrival
Ca' Marcanda (Gaja) Bolgheri Camarcanda 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$133.31
This is another beautiful creation from the Gaja family. The 2016 Bolgheri Rosso Camarcanda (Cabernets Sauvignon and...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$93.28
Castellare's I Sodi di San Niccolò is the single most overlooked high-end wine in Tuscany today. The 2016 picks up...
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Castello Dei Rampolla D'alceo IGT 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$136.53
Lots of richness here, but there’s always balance and focus with blackberry and chocolate character and hazelnut...
Cortese Italian Red Blends Rum
The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.
It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.
Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.
The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.