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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $58.60 $61.68
6 bottles: $49.50
Earthy aromas of pine and yellow fruits mix with vanilla. Sweet on the palate with brown sugar, vanilla syrup, and...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $95.99 $101.04
6 bottles: $90.36
Truly excellent tequila is something worth searching for, savoring, and celebrating. At 818, we bring you tequila...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $163.48 $172.08
3 bottles: $160.00
Truly excellent tequila is something worth searching for, savoring, and celebrating. At 818, we bring you tequila...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $23.31 $24.54
12 bottles: $16.63
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $41.88 $44.08
6 bottles: $31.50
Excellent, Highly Recommended - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $27.59 $29.04
12 bottles: $19.95
TASTE: Ripe roasted agave flavor with notes of caramel and vanilla. AROMA: Vanilla, meringue, honey, and fruit...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $51.38 $54.08
6 bottles: $40.50
TASTE: Ripe roasted agave flavor with notes of caramel and vanilla. AROMA: Vanilla, meringue, honey, and fruit...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $10.01
12 bottles: $9.51
Golden yellow in color with ripe apple, pear, and apricot aromas along with notes of wild flowers and honey. Medium...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.67 $24.08
12 bottles: $15.85
Pretty honeysuckle aromas lead to easygoing lemon sorbet and melon flavors in this white. Drink now. 100,000 cases made.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.85 $19.60
A full-bodied, elegant white wine. Yellowish-green to straw yellow in color. A soft scent of honey, pears, and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.63 $18.48
12 bottles: $14.25
A super-fresh, zingy and refreshing wine made for picnics, shucked oysters and such. Crisp apples, white peaches and...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $12.00
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.05 $11.70
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Spirits
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $55.80
Aromas of roasted agave and lime with delicate floral notes and bright sweet citrus. The palate is fresh and smooth...
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Spirits
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $62.10
An intense aroma of lemon leaf, pear, pineapple, and vanilla with deep notes of brioche and honey. Smooth flavors of...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $55.50
12 bottles: $51.59
Nose: Vanilla, banana, honey, caramel, and orange zest. Palate: Banana, vanilla, cooked agave, oak, and baking spice....
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $46.74
12 bottles: $43.26
Nose: Cooked agave, orange zest, honey, cucumber, sea salt, and pepper. Palate: Citrus-forward, floral, cooked agave,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.37 $17.08
Brilliant straw yellow with a green shimmer. Quite pronounced and expressive aroma with flowery and somewhat spicy...
White
750ml
Bottle: $13.94
12 bottles: $13.66
Made from 100% Pinot Grigio, the grapes were hand harvested and carefully selected. Clean, crisp and fresh but still...
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White
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $8.55
A fresh, well-cut white, offering modest flavors of apple, beeswax and almond skin. Hints of lemon zest and smoke...

Mencia Pinot Gris Tequila

The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.

Tequila is probably Mexico’s greatest gift to the world of fine spirits, and is also possibly one of the most underestimated and misunderstood drinks in the world. Widely used for shots and slammers, and more often than not associated with parties and hangovers, Tequila is in fact a wonderful drink full of subtleties and expression of terroir, that is highly rewarding for those who look into its finer points.

One of the special things about Tequila is the fact that it is capable of expressing the fine nuances and subtle notes of its raw material, far more so than other, similar spirits. That raw material is, of course, the Blue Agave - not a cactus, as is commonly believed, but rather a succulent quite like a lily, which grows in the deserts of Mexico mainly around the province of Jalisco. The Blue Agave takes a decade to mature, and during those ten years, it takes in many of the features of its surroundings, just like a grapevine would. This is why Tequila varies in flavor and aroma from region to region, from the earthier Tequilas of the lowlands, to the more delicate and floral examples from areas of a higher altitude.

The picking and peeling of the spiky Agave, and the distillation process of Tequila is a complicated one, and one which is carried out with enormous skill by the jimadors and master craftsmen who produce the spirit. Steam cooking of the body of the plant is followed by crushing, then fermentation and distillation completes the process. The end product is categorized according to whether or not it is made with pure (‘puro’) agave, or blended with other sugars, and according to how long the spirit is aged for.