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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $29.87 $31.44
12 bottles: $21.89
Candied ginger, ripe mango, and fresh sugar cane are sweet and fresh on the nose. Rich and silky in the mouth,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $16.81 $17.70
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A Premium Rum cocktail with Exotic Tropical Fruit Flavors of pineapple, orange, coconut and a hint of grenadine.
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Spirits
750ml
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A blend of tropical flavors with pineapple, lime and natural cane sugar for a delicious ready to serve cocktail.
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $17.70
12 bottles: $13.29
A favorite aperitif in the Caribbean, an ice cool rum punch is perfect any time of day. Made with Bacardi Carta Fuego...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $16.81 $17.70
12 bottles: $13.29
A Premium Rum cocktail with Exotic Tropical Fruit Flavors of fruit punch, lemon and lime.
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $27.55 $29.00
12 bottles: $17.54
Complex, rich and sophisticated this is an impressive rum. The distinct flavors of burnt sugar, cinnamon, and cloves...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $12.28 $12.93
24 bottles: $9.86
Dark in color, light-medium in body, rich and robust in taste, BACARDÍ Black Rum imparts impressions of tropical...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.09
12 bottles: $15.62
Dark in color, light-medium in body, rich and robust in taste, BACARDÍ Black Rum imparts impressions of tropical...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $11.97 $12.60
12 bottles: $7.77
BACARDÍ rum and coconut. What could taste more like summer sun and sandy beaches? The perfect blend of white rum and...
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Spirits
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $16.99
Acquire the taste for exotic dragon fruit, blended with the sweetness of juicy strawberries. BACARDÍ Dragonberry rum...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $11.97 $12.60
12 bottles: $7.77
Acquire the taste for exotic dragon fruit, blended with the sweetness of juicy strawberries. BACARDÍ Dragonberry rum...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.09
12 bottles: $14.71
Acquire the taste for exotic dragon fruit, blended with the sweetness of juicy strawberries. BACARDÍ Dragonberry rum...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.09
12 bottles: $18.06
Straw color. Green, grassy aromas and flavors of banana peels and leaves, candle wax and starched linen, bananas...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $47.98 $50.51
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This is a very smooth sipper, characterized by a creamy dulce de leche, mild spices of cassia and clove, and a finish...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $95.94 $100.99
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It pours a pale amber in the glass. Toasted dates, figs, buckwheat, and burnt sugar are expressive on the palate,...
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Spirits
750ml
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12 bottles: $14.71
Clear in the glass, with a pleasant aroma that hovers between lime lollipop and candied lime peel, this will remind...
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Spirits
1.75Ltr
Bottle: $22.79 $23.99
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Named after the spanish word for lemon, BACARDI Limon is a carefully crafted product that infuses BACARDI rum with...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $11.97 $12.60
12 bottles: $7.77
Named after the spanish word for lemon, BACARDI Limon is a carefully crafted product that infuses BACARDI rum with...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.09
12 bottles: $14.71
Named after the spanish word for lemon, BACARDI Limon is a carefully crafted product that infuses BACARDI rum with...
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Spirits
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Bottle: $16.89 $17.78
A flavored Rum with a little sweet heat. The perfect balance of sweet mango, chili spice and BACARDÍ white rum.

Mencia Rum Savatiano

It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.

Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.

The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.

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