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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.89 $17.49
12 bottles: $15.83
This is a very successful Zinfandel, blending earth, spice and fruit into a savory, yet thirst-quenching package....
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
12 bottles: $22.48
• 100% Pinot Noir. • Single vineyard, Nine One Six Vineyard, Steels Creek. • Grey loam topsoil over grey/yellow...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.05
12 bottles: $14.75
A classic dry and crisp Brut from clay and chalk soil vineyards in the Anjou and Touraine regions of the Loire Valley...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.41
12 bottles: $15.10
A classic dry and crisp Brut Rosé made of 100% Cabernet Franc from clay and chalk soil vineyards in the Anjou and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.93 $15.48
12 bottles: $11.58
Flavors of cranberries and raspberries, leading to notes of red fruits, marionberry pie and baking spices.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.64 $19.60
12 bottles: $15.83
Deep red and purple in color, this wine has welcoming aromas of dark fruits with a tinge of licorice. A sip reveals a...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.86 $18.80
12 bottles: $17.42
Colour: Straw yellow. Perlage: Fine and persistent. Fragrance: Delicate fruity aromas, notes of bread crust and...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $22.00
12 bottles: $21.56
The 2021 Brut Nature Valdobbiadene Sui Lieviti is intense, wafting up with a burst of sea spray, chlorophyll and...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.60
12 bottles: $19.21
The 2021 Extra Brut Valdobbiadene Rive di Col S. Martino Castel de Donà is a total pleasure, lifting up with a...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.60
12 bottles: $19.21
Fresh and balanced, with a waft of orange blossoms and a hint of stony mineral layered with flavors of yellow pear...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $28.00
12 bottles: $26.60
Velvet perlage in the glass. On the nose ripe pears and apple with the yeasty note from the bottle fermentation. On...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.90
12 bottles: $26.36
Passion fruit and Bing cherry come off the nose of this wine with a distinctive, wet gravel minerality. As you look...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.94
12 bottles: $39.14
Eye: Garnet core, pink rose rim. Nose: Kumquat, exotic spice, wild strawberries, raspberries, Rainier cherry. Time...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.90
12 bottles: $44.00
60% Zinfandel,15% Grenache, 10% Alicante Bouschet, 5% Petite Sirah and 10% "other" (20+ other varieties, in fact)...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $21.24 $23.60
Light and refreshing, with pleasant notes of citrus, honeysuckle and wet stone. Lively acidity, purity, precision,...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $16.63
Xarel.lo, Macabeu and Parellada from four vineyards ("Cuc", "Figuera", "Triangle" & "Pupurri"), each located...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.65 $15.17
12 bottles: $12.36
Our smooth Zinfandel is layered with hints of rich blackberry, luscious caramel, and aromatic toasted oak.
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $25.94
6 bottles: $25.60
Clean, invigorating notes of silex on the nose showcase the limestone soils of the Rouanne vineyard. The aromas and...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.13
12 bottles: $17.77
Color: Light yellow with greenish reflections. Bouquet: Delicate hints of apple accompanied by citrus notes. Taste:...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.36 $20.40
12 bottles: $16.63
A fruit bomb, with just enough character to keep things interesting. Reveals jammy blackberry and licorice flavors...
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Champagne Blend Mencia Zinfandel 2021

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.