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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.50
12 bottles: $24.01
An attractively light-footed lagrein red with bright forest-berry aromas, married to modest structure on the juicy,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $36.48 $38.40
Beautiful lemon, tangerine, honey, green herbs, and white flower notes emerge from the 2018 Carricante Bianco...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $49.94 $54.00
The 2018 Carricante Centennial Mountain Vineyard is exotic, translucent and full of character. Lemon confit, orchard...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.40
12 bottles: $21.95
Color: Yellow straw colored. Nose: Floral with notes of grapefruit. Taste: Excellent sapidity.
White
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
12 bottles: $23.46
Incredibly concentrated and uncommonly sturdy in character, Lagrein has roots in the Alto Adige area and has recently...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
750ml
Bottle: $17.10 $18.00
12 bottles: $14.25
A special celebratory Mead of old served at weddings and homecoming feasts, given to honor the knight upon his...
White
750ml
Bottle: $21.44
12 bottles: $21.01
This deep, dark red is medium bodied in the mouth but finishes with elegance, depth, and structure.
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Sake/Fruit Wine
750ml
Bottle: $25.99
Hibiscus gives Viking Blod, meaning blood, its characteristic reddish colour, evocative of the blood Vikings spilled...
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.20
12 bottles: $18.82
Color: Dark garnet red. Nose: Robust, expressive, harmonious, well textured. Taste: Scents of violet, wild berries,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $37.69 $41.70
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.92
6 bottles: $19.52
White
750ml
Bottle: $26.00
12 bottles: $25.48
White
750ml
Bottle: $18.94
12 bottles: $18.56
Invitingly open and multi-layered with violets, chocolate, ripe damsons, cloves. Elegant with velvety structure, soft...
White
750ml
Bottle: $44.94
12 bottles: $44.04
100% Lagrein. Nusserhof makes three different Lagreins, this Riserva bottling being the main one, from this...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $507.95
This definitive wine of pure Carricante is given extensive contact on the lees, without wood, taking its structure...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $354.45
A lovely nose of fresh flowers, lemon grass, blood orange, baked pear and toasted thyme. Medium-bodied with plenty of...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $306.95
Lemon, pineapple and confected fruit on the nose. Lots of lime. It’s dry and light-bodied with a blanched-almond...
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Aidani Carricante Other Italian Reds Fruit Wines

One of the most ancient of the Greek grape varietals, Aidani has been cultivated on and around the Cyclades for millennia for its versatility and gently pleasing aromatic qualities. Wines made primarily with Aidani grapes tend to have a milder alcohol content than other classic Greek wines, and relatively low acidity. This makes Aidani wines a perfectly pleasant accompaniment to a wide range of traditional Greek foods, and equally pleasant to drink chilled at any time under the Greek sun. Nowadays, Aidani grapes are mostly likely to used as a blending grape, often being mixed with Assyrtiko grapes to balance out and mellow the acidity and high alcohol content found in them.

As a blending grape, the Aidani offers light, delicate floral tones, often reminiscent of a Muscat. On the island of Naxos, it has been traditionally blended with the Athiri grape to produce the island's signature sweet wine, Apiranthos, where the subtleties of the Aidani grape are really allowed to shine through. However, elsewhere in Greece you are far more likely to find the blend of these two distinctive grapes in dry white wines, where the Aidani is used primarily not for its flavor, but for its aroma and mellowing effect.

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?