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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.26 $12.35
Alta Vita embodies the spirit and purpose-driven lifestyle of the Sardinians. The wine is full-bodied, robust and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Ruby red in color with aromas of wild blackberry and ripe plum. Intense and elegant on the palate with notes of red...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.00
12 bottles: $14.25
Intense aromas of marasca cherry and redcurrant with hints of blackberry jelly. Dynamic and enveloping on the palate...
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.60
12 bottles: $18.62
• 100% Vernaccia fermented with indigenous yeasts. • Only a brief skin contact during the fermentation. •...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.90
Cannonau is a typical grapevine in Sardinia that here in Usini assumes unique organoleptic nuances that are found in...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.74 $15.00
The inestimable Randall Grahm has long been a poet of Picpoul, among other things, and this lovely example is loaded...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.93
Known in France as Grenache, this classic Cannonau is full-bodied, pure and authentic. It is a brilliant Ruby red and...
White
White
750ml
Bottle: $14.75
12 bottles: $14.45
Color: Delicate straw yellow tending to a warm golden colour with ageing. Nose: Characteristic bouquet, elegant and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.94 $13.87
• 100% Vernaccia from 35+ year old vines. • 100-300 mt above the sea level. • Hand-harvested fruit. •...
White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $14.64
The vineyards are located in close proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, not far from the beach resort of Sete,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.94 $15.17
12 bottles: $13.18
100% Picpoul. Intense fruity bouquet of citrus and exotic fruits. Fresh in the mouth with good acidity and the unique...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $11.94 $12.57
Brilliant with pale yellow with green hues. The nose has hints of citrus fruit and white fruity like peach. The...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.94
Complex bouquet featuring floral, citrus, tropical and mineral notes Taste: of full structure, mineral, fresh and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.85
12 bottles: $17.49
A sleek white, with dominant almond, honey and sage flavors, revealing a touch of baking spices. Balanced and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $12.94 $13.87
A classic example of why Picpoul is fondly referred to as the "Muscadet of the Midi".
White
750ml
Bottle: $34.94
12 bottles: $34.24
The true Vernaccia. The free run juice goes directly to the vats and, after fermentation, refines on the lees for a...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $23.94 $26.40
We are back to the old way of Vernaccia, which was vinified like a red. In the past you had to wait to drink it after...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.25
12 bottles: $17.89
A sharp, fresh nose features astringent fruit, new pencils, clean earth and a refined florality that more than holds...
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Grenache Mencia Picpoul Vernaccia

The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.


For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.