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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.44
A remarkably elegant honjozo popular with local Miyagi drinkers, this is made from premium Yamada Nishiki rice milled...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
375ml
Bottle: $36.00
12 bottles: $34.20
23 is a masterpiece, the flagship of DASSAI Blue. It is suitable for DASSAI Blue's concept of 'Blue comes out from...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
375ml
Bottle: $13.94
In the style of DASSAI, the unique point of this sake is its clean aroma and wonderful undertone of fruitiness....
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Sake/Fruit Wine
375ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $13.59
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Sake/Fruit Wine
750ml
Bottle: $12.96 $15.00
Crystal clear in the glass, this aromatic sake gives off subtle aromas of lilies, river stones, and tapioca. Crisp...
UBC
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White
375ml
Bottle: $33.60
Among the greatest sweet wines in the world. Let's get that straight. Only equalled by Germany. There is density and...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
300ml
Bottle: $13.87
12 bottles: $13.18
Straw color. Aromas of ripe melon, shiso, grapefruit zest, pear, rainwater, elderflower, caraway, and star anise with...
BTI
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $25.60
Straw color. Aromas of ripe melon, shiso, grapefruit zest, pear, rainwater, elderflower, caraway, and star anise with...
BTI
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Sake/Fruit Wine
300ml
Bottle: $9.50
12 bottles: $9.03
Using only selected rice and rice koji, "SAYURI" is brewed up carefully with the natural spring water from Mount...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $17.50
Using only selected rice and rice koji, "SAYURI" is brewed up carefully with the natural spring water from Mount...
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Sake/Fruit Wine
750ml
Bottle: $15.99
Bursting with aromas of ripe melon and fresh lychee. At just 30% ABV, it’s lush yet light in the glass. Fleshy...
UBC
91
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.20 $13.87
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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.90
All tank fermented. A straight-shooting, mid-weighted force of mineral, quince paste, almond husk and Meyer lemon....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.89
Stony, flinty, smoky aromas, with sparks of gunflint and green apple. There are some stone fruit characters too,...
DC
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $34.80
12 bottles: $33.06
This medium-sweet NV Alpha Kaze No Mori Type 3 Junmai Daiginjo has lovely small bubbles on the palate, a sign of...
WA
92
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Sake/Fruit Wine
720ml
Bottle: $26.40
12 bottles: $25.08
This medium-sweet NV Alpha Kaze No Mori Shiboribana Junmai Muroka Nama Genshu shows superb freshness with peach,...
WA
90
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Sake/Fruit Wine
1.8Ltr
Bottle: $40.47 $42.60
This sake boasts a natural Kimoto flavor, which is full-bodied and earthy, yet light. Exquisitely balanced and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.93 $18.34
Brothers Dario, the oenologist and Andrea, the agronomist, are responsible for more than 70ha of proprietary...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $29.93
Racy, bone-dry and loaded with tension, this intriguing white offers delicate scents of white spring flower,...
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Garganega Mencia Sake Rapid Ship

Italy is a fine country for white grape varietals, and white wines have been produced in this ancient country for thousands of years. One of the more popular varietals in the modern age is Garganega, which is currently the 5th most planted white grape across Italy. This grape is most closely associated with the Veneto region of Italy, although it is also grown in Sicily, where it is known as Grecanico Dorato. Garganega is a rigorous, hardy grape, which can grow in huge yields - explaining its popularity in the past. Today, winemakers must be careful to keep yields as low as possible, as this a varietal which can easily lose its distinctive characteristics and fine qualities when grown in bulk.


We know Garganega most commonly from the Soave wines which have been consistently popular over the past few decades. Indeed, the Soave Classico wines which still sell in large quantities across the globe are made from 70%-100% Garganega varietal grapes, and these wines showcase the varietal’s fresh and delicate qualities. The most common flavors present in Garganega wines are delicate, citrus notes, balanced by a hint of almond, and the best examples have remarkable balance and length, with wonderful aromatic notes.