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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.94 $16.25
12 bottles: $14.64
This pretty Gewurztraminer has golden yellow hints. Nice aromatic intensity and exotic fruits. The bouquet is intense...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.90 $22.80
12 bottles: $21.46
Pale yellow with yellow gold sparkles Complex and intense nose, floral and spicy at the same time. It has weight as...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $27.64
Intense and exotic flavors support a very fine fruity foundation. The palate is soft, dense, tasty, and slightly dry...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.73
12 bottles: $13.99
The classic varietal characteristics—floral aromas and lychee fruit flavors—show up in abundance in this...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
• Gewurztraminer. • Sourced from a 2HA plot planted in 1995-2012. • Calcareous clay soils. • Hand harvested....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $16.85 $17.50
12 bottles: $16.63
If you love Riesling (as we do) you will also love Gewürztraminer.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $8.94
This Gewurztraminer is an enjoyable wine with exuberant fruit and clove spice. Try with Thai food. Fresh and vibrant,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.20
12 bottles: $20.78
White
750ml
Bottle: $22.00
12 bottles: $20.90
Lush and exotic, displaying honey and floral aromas and flavors, yet deftly balanced and expressive. Well-structured...
White
750ml
Bottle: $18.80
12 bottles: $18.42
Clean and delicate on the nose with blossom, orange zest, and lychee, with a touch of white pepper. This medium sweet...
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $23.37 $24.60
6 bottles: $15.00
Crafted in an off-dry style, our Gewürztraminer balances subtle sweetness with crisp acidity and vibrant varietal...
White
750ml
Bottle: $13.43
12 bottles: $10.45
Crafted in an off-dry style, our Gewürztraminer balances subtle sweetness with crisp acidity and vibrant varietal...
White
750ml
Bottle: $21.50
12 bottles: $21.07
Pale gold, our 2021 Gewurztraminer is perfumed with nose of rose petals, clementine peel, and cardamom. The wine is...
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750ml
Bottle: $24.40
12 bottles: $23.91
White
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.64
• Practicing Sustainable. • 100% Gewurztraminer. • Planted in 2003. • Fossil Vineyard (Lehigh Valley AVA)....
White
750ml
Bottle: $17.50
12 bottles: $17.15
Dry, with a clean, lingering finish. This bright, flavorful wine is ideally suited for intense, savory dishes.
White
750ml
Bottle: $11.94
12 bottles: $11.70
White
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
12 bottles: $22.48
This wine draws from a 1967 plot in the Josef Vineyard, one of the oldest plantings of vinifera in the region. Much...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.93 $21.80
I love the extrovert wealth of orange aromas ranging from blossoms to zest and candied peel. Wonderful balance of...
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Gewurztraminer Savatiano

Gewurztraminer is renowned for being a particularly tricky grape varietal to grow and cultivate, but is one which plenty of wineries persevere with due to its unique properties and excellent flavors The vines themselves are highly robust, and can even be unruly when in the correct type of soil, but they cannot grow well in terroirs which contain chalk or other similar components. They are also extremely susceptible to a wide range of diseases and rot, and due to their early budding and fruiting, they cannot survive frost. However, despite these problems, in cooler climates and on the right terroir, the Gewurztraminer grape varietal produces wonderful results quite unlike any other vine. The pink grapes are packed full of elegant and sweet flavors, their relatively high sugar content offering a light sweetness alongside floral notes, perfumed and aromatic aromas, and a distinctive taste of lychees.

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?