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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $43.08 $45.35
6 bottles: $33.00
APPEARANCE: Deep copper. AROMA: Apricot jam, honey, baking spice, and graham cracker. TASTE: Rich vanilla, maple,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $67.89 $71.46
6 bottles: $62.76
Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey is Hard Truth’s debut sweet mash whiskey, a culmination of years of careful...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $67.14 $70.67
Shows delicate but complex aromas of dried citrus, toffee cake, vanilla nougat, and candied cinnamon. More sweet...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $88.92 $93.60
This is an elegant and stately whiskey that deftly tempers rye’s spicy clove character with luxurious aromas of...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $74.80
Refuge Straight Rye Whiskey is aged for 6-8 years, blended to ensure consistent maturity has been reached and then...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $84.08
6 bottles: $72.00
Created by entrepreneur Steve Groth and 7th generation master distiller Ron Call and his two sons Jacob and Clayton,...
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750ml
Bottle: $22.88
12 bottles: $22.42
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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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $38.85 $44.40
Distilled from 100% local landrace rye; An ancient pre-hybridized variety of rye that flourished since time...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $22.00 $23.16
12 bottles: $17.10
Billed as “the spiciest rye whiskey anywhere,” this is a blend of two rye whiskeys, both a minimum of two years...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $28.96
Billed as “the spiciest rye whiskey anywhere,” this is a blend of two rye whiskeys, both a minimum of two years...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $68.40 $72.00
Malted grains and a bit of spice open the nose, with alluring touches of red berries, brown sugar, and lemon hard...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $96.51 $101.59
Notes of grain and hay are refreshing, pure and pungent. Silken in the mouth, robust and fresh. Roasted barley is...
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750ml
Bottle: $110.19 $115.99
Dark flavors of pipe tobacco, grilled tangerine, and smoked anise flow from this supercharged rye. The palate is...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $27.44 $28.88
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Zesty aromas of candied orange peel, honeysuckle, brown sugar and medicinal herbs on the nose lead into a complex,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $34.94 $37.00
Maple and oak aromas introduce this whiskey. The palate echoes the maple note, then explodes with dry spices: clove,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $74.94 $76.80
• Straight Rye Whiskey distilled in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. • Mash bIll of 95% Rye and 5% Malted Barley. •...
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Bottle: $18.13
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $83.60
6 bottles: $80.00
Back when they were digging the big ditch that would later become the Erie Canal, local farmers would take their...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $56.17
6 bottles: $55.38
Spiced and confected on the nose, this whiskey offers alluring notes of cinnamon bun, candied walnut, Szechuan...
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Gewurztraminer Rye Whiskey United States

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.

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.

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.