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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.57
12 bottles: $12.32
Colour: Intense bright red colour with violet reflections. Nose: Flavours of prune, tobacco and vanilla. Taste: Dry,...
Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $42.85
6 bottles: $36.92
NOSE: Ripe vine, orchard fruit, nice floral and citrus notes, complimented with pastry notes. TASTE: Fruit on the...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $48.40
6 bottles: $44.32
NOSE: Extremely complex, with a wide variety of aromas to honey suckle, rose petals, hibiscus, tropical fruits,...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $35.88
6 bottles: $30.00
NOSE: Pear, red apples, fresh cut grass complimented with dry fruit and pastry notes, fresh cream and cacao, balanced...
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Spirits
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $45.03
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.95
12 bottles: $22.49
The 2022 Nero d'Avola is dark and woodsy in the glass, with dried blueberries and exotic spices lifted by sage hints....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $13.01
An excellent deep, spicy, intriguing red wine from Sicily, the 2023 Nero d’Avolo is a tank-fermented and aged, dark...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $17.14 $18.04
The scent reads as fruity and a touch smoky; on the tongue, it's surprisingly sweet, finishing long and fruity, with...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $35.34 $37.20
The perfect balance of aromatics and texture, we blend multiple grape varietals to make our family flagship, the...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.06 $34.80
Ripe banana, hay, tea leafs, carrots, marzipan.
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $27.64 $29.09
Exquisite and floral on the nose, with deeper, earthy tones reminiscent of overripe tropical melon and underbrush....
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $35.24 $37.09
Beautiful caramel copper color with an inviting aroma of grilled grape, graham cracker, split oak, toasted rye, and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.62 $15.13
The 2022 Nero d'Avola mixes sweet herbal tones with crushed black cherries and wet stone to form an inviting bouquet....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $22.80
12 bottles: $21.66
Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.64
Nero d’Avola, guyot, planted in 2011, harvested in late September at 42 hl/ha. Destemmed and crushed, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.63 $18.48
12 bottles: $13.59
Umami notes of soy sauce and black olives, a bit of mossy underbrush and berries swirl together on the nose of the...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $18.24 $19.20
Pisco Diablo Reservado will allow you to enjoy an intense and authentic distillate, perfect for creating incredible...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $14.73
A fine and persistent wine, with a strong scent of ripe red fruit.
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $19.20
COLOR: Intense red with violet reflections. PERFUME: Red fruit, ripe blackberries and cocoa scent. TASTE: Tannic...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $79.93
6 bottles: $78.33
The 2019 Sicilia Mille e Una Notte is a blend of Nero d'Avola, Petit Verdot, Syrah and other complementary grapes....
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Japanese Whiskey Nero D'avola Mencia Pisco

Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.

The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.

Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.

While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.

Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.



Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.