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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $12.57
70% Montepulciano & 30% Sangiovese. Fermented in stainless steel and aged four months in steel & six months in bottle...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.95
12 bottles: $16.61
Red blend 70% Montepulciano, 30% Sangiovese. Maceration 10-15 days in stainless. Aged 15-18 months in large botti...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.11 $18.65
This wine, aged for 12 months in barriques, has a full ruby red colour with violet hues and good consistency. The...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.86
12 bottles: $12.35
Color: Lively ruby red. Bouquet: Fruity of good intensity with notes of ripe plums. Flavor: Sapid, dry and vinous....
Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.94
12 bottles: $35.22
•50% Montepulciano, 25% Syrah, 25% Merlot. •Maceration on the skins in steel vats with temperature control for...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.94 $14.73
• Montepulciano and Sangiovese. • Moderately dense clayey soils. • Southwestern exposure. • Fermentation and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.45 $15.41
Fruit driven on the nose with aromas of cherries and plums which follow through on the palate. Lovely warmth and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.41
12 bottles: $15.10
Fruit driven on the nose with aromas of cherries and plums which follow through on the palate. Lovely warmth and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.00
12 bottles: $11.76
Red
750ml
Bottle: $74.40
6 bottles: $72.91
Dusty and floral, the 2019 Rosso Ludi opens in the glass with a blend of musky black currants, plums, a dusting of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.32
6 bottles: $25.79
COLOR: Intense ruby red with violet hues. NOSE: Aromas of pulpy fruit, blackberries ,cherries, a hint of licorice and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.16
12 bottles: $15.84
Color: Ruby red color with garnet hues. Nose: The nose results intense with notes of red fruits, fresh violet flowers...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.94
6 bottles: $53.84
COLOR: Intense ruby red color with lightly garnet hues NOSE: The nose is complex and intense with notes of ripened...
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Red
500ml
Bottle: $22.93
6 bottles: $22.40
An aromatized wine native to Italy’s Marche region, Visciola blends the syrup of local sour cherries and red wine....

Italian Red Blends Mencia Rye Whiskey Italy Marche

Rye Whiskey is enjoying something of a renaissance of late, with sales rocketing in recent years thanks to a growing interest in strong, unique flavors, and small, independent distilleries. Rye Whiskey is a drink which is all about powerful, bold flavors, with plenty of spice and bitterness when drunk young. Aged, however, it takes on a deep set of subtle notes which are beautifully mellow and complex, and becomes a fascinating example of what whiskey can be when made with expert hands.

In order for an American Whiskey to be labeled a Rye Whiskey, it must have a mash content which is no less than fifty one percent rye. This separates it from Bourbon, and it is this which gives it its distinctive flavor and spiciness. Toffee, cinnamon, caraway, cloves and oak are typical tasting notes, and ‘straight rye’ whiskies - which are aged in charred oak barrels - take on plenty of the smokiness of the wood, adding a further, fascinating facet.

Rye Whiskey has its spiritual home in the northeastern states of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and cities like Pittsburgh produced vast quantities of Rye Whiskey in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most the old distilleries were closed during the prohibition era, after which time rye whiskey more or less disappeared completely, but the twenty-first century is seeing old recipes being resurrected and released to rave reviews.

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

Marche, an Italian wine region on the Adriatic coast, is one of the world's most ancient wine regions. For thousands of years, vines have been cultivated in this beautiful and mountainous landscape, and the region has been influenced by the Pheonicians, the Lombards and the Romans, giving it a wine culture and identity quite unlike any other region of Italy. With a relatively high number of DOC and DOCG titles, Marche is home to many of Italy's finest wines, and is a region most readily associated with superb white wines. Indeed, the most common grape varietals grown in Marche are the Trebbiano and Verdicchio, which have been cultivated in vast amounts for white wine production in Marche for at least six hundred years, and which produce wines packed full of unique flavors associated with the region.