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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $99.93 $105.19
Arbikie's signature rye is matured in virgin oak casks, giving notes of cinnamon swirls, choux pastry, vanilla seeds,...
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1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $18.68
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $9.51
Red
750ml
Bottle: $46.33
6 bottles: $45.60
Deep dense intense ruby red colour, with a purple viscous rim. Intense nose with ripe blackberry, wild strawberry and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $23.03 $24.24
12 bottles: $19.15
Excellent, Highly Recommended (Great Value) - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.40
12 bottles: $22.93
White
750ml
Bottle: $42.00
12 bottles: $41.16
Attractive and nervy nose with white pepper funk, wild berries and grapefruit. Full-bodied and flavorful for a rosé...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.00
12 bottles: $23.52
• 100% Listán Blanco (Palomino). • Sourced from ungrafted centenary vines at 500-600m altitude in the village of...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $45.00
• 100% Palomino. • From a less-than-one-hectare parcel of 80-year-old vines planted in slate at high altitude....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $12.57
Intense aroma of dry fruits and flowers. Dry and savory with soft tannins & notes of dark cherry and red berry fruit....
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $19.09 $20.09
6 bottles: $15.84
Dry, well-balanced and delightfully tannic, with concentrated berry flavors
Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.50
12 bottles: $13.23
Dry, well-balanced and delightfully tannic, with concentrated berry flavors
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $34.19 $35.99
Excellent, Highly Recommended (Great Value) (Tried & True) - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $52.43 $55.19
Starting with hints of peat smoke and honey baked apples on the nose, this scotch presents as medium bodied on the...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $98.78 $103.98
6 bottles: $77.40
Amber color. Aromas and flavors of toffee, honey butter, sea salt, raisin bread and earth with a silky,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $50.90 $53.58
12 bottles: $41.04
Aromas of fresh orange peel, heather honey, and a hint of torched cedar give way to an approachable whisky that is...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $52.32 $55.07
12 bottles: $34.19
Nose: Luscious, juicy pineapple and a hint of zesty citrus. Taste: Light caramel and vanilla notes, vibrant...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $160.34 $168.78
The sumptuous aromas of raw grains and stone fruits and beeswax are enticing. The flavors blossom over the palate...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.29
12 bottles: $14.00
Ruby red with bright purple hues. Generous aroma of red fruit and delicate spicy notes. Soft, with good structure,...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $18.00
Deep ruby red in color with an intense, berry-like bouquet. Dry, and savory, with hints of blackberry jam and good...

Blended Scotch Melon de Bourgogne Montepulciano Sherry

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.

Montepulciano grapes are one of the most widely cultivated varietals in Italy, with vines growing in twenty of Italy's ninety five provinces. This varietal is renowned for producing high yields, making it popular with vintners looking for a relatively easy varietal to grow. Whilst the grapes tend to have a low skin to juice ratio, the skins themselves are remarkably high in tannins with a lot of pigmentation, which means they often produce rather well bodied wines with a beautiful deep, dark color The wines of Montepulciano grapes are most commonly associated with soft, rounded characteristics, with plenty of juicy, plummy flavors The wines are known for being very smooth and drinkable, and easy to match with a wide range of foods.

Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.

Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.

Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.