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Our naturally gluten-free vodka is made 100% from malted and unmalted peas. Named after Gregor Mendel, the geneticist...
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750ml
Bottle: $33.35
12 bottles: $26.44
As the first vodka approved to wear the Idaho Potato Commissionā€™s official seal, our naturally gluten free Mountain...
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Clear color. Aromas and flavors of lemongrass, beeswax, butcher paper, and pickled ginger with a velvety, vibrant,...
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Spirits
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Bottle: $29.99
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of lemongrass, beeswax, butcher paper, and pickled ginger with a velvety, vibrant,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $35.39
12 bottles: $23.70
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of lemongrass, beeswax, butcher paper, and pickled ginger with a velvety, vibrant,...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $17.99 $18.94
24 bottles: $12.96
Features a bright, pleasantly familiar orange-lemon lollipop scent and fresh, clean and brisk flavors, with most of...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.71 $35.48
12 bottles: $25.98
Features a bright, pleasantly familiar orange-lemon lollipop scent and fresh, clean and brisk flavors, with most of...
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94
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Spirits
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Bottle: $37.61 $39.59
This vodka is simply clean, from the mildly sweet aroma to the crisp finish. The palate holds pleasant notes of...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $41.26 $43.43
6 bottles: $39.35
This vodka is simply clean, from the mildly sweet aroma to the crisp finish. The palate holds pleasant notes of...
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Bottle: $21.99
This flavored vodka is clear in the glass, with a grapefruit aroma that really seems to channel the essence of the...
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93
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $17.99 $18.94
This flavored vodka is clear in the glass, with a grapefruit aroma that really seems to channel the essence of the...
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93
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.71 $35.48
12 bottles: $19.14
This flavored vodka is clear in the glass, with a grapefruit aroma that really seems to channel the essence of the...
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Spirits
375ml
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Luscious and perfumy, with Christmas clementine and vanilla aromas. However, there's far more orange on the nose than...
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Spirits
750ml
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12 bottles: $19.14
Luscious and perfumy, with Christmas clementine and vanilla aromas. However, there's far more orange on the nose than...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.71 $35.48
12 bottles: $19.14
Did you know there are more than 3000 varieties of pear? Some are edible, some are not. Many look like pears, some...
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50ml
Bottle: $5.89
Absolut Wild Berri is your natural kick starter for the full-on house warming party, a perfect mood manager for that...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.71 $35.48
6 bottles: $23.15
Absolut Wild Berri is your natural kick starter for the full-on house warming party, a perfect mood manager for that...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $49.02 $51.60
6 bottles: $48.00
Mashed, fermented, distilled, aged, and bottled by the Albany Distilling Company. Made from grain grown in New York...
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Made from 100% American corn: crisp, clean, and gluten-free. Obsessively filtered and bottled by the Albany...
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Bottle: $22.99
Neutral Corn Spirits & Natural Orange Flavoring.
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American Whiskey Mencia Savatiano Vodka

The United States of America is a country of great cultural diversity, influenced by migrating nations from across the world. As such, its whiskey industry is a fascinating and complex one, which represents the range of regional differences found there.

The Irish were the original pioneers of American whiskey, and when they emigrated in their thousands from the old country, they brought their skills, knowledge and distillation techniques with them, to give them something to remind each other of home in the New World. This is why American whiskey goes by the Irish spelling, with the additional ā€˜eā€™, and why many traditional American whiskies closely resemble the original Irish style.

Today, there are several different types of American whiskey, and the styles and production techniques are now set out in US federal law, cementing a set of characteristics and production methods to preserve and protect the industry.

Corn whiskey, which is made from a minimum 80% corn in the mash and aged for a short period, is probably the most historic of the American whiskey styles, but others like rye whiskey, which is made from a minimum of 51% rye and aged in charred barrels, are growing in popularity among a new generation of drinkers looking for something unique, interesting and independently produced. Alongside these styles, we find Tennessee whiskey, which uses maple charcoal for sweeter notes, the softer wheat whiskies, the world-dominating Bourbon whiskies, and others which are peculiar to specific states and regions.

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 ā€“ A Brief History of Wine in Greece
The Myth of Dionysus, Greek God of Wine
What is Retsina?