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750ml
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$29.40
$33.60
The aged expression of the Original Albany Rum, picking up its distinctive color as well as rich spice and vanilla...
750ml
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$13.25
$13.95
12 bottles:
$10.45
A fun wine made from a blend of red and white grape varieties with balanced fruit and a clean finish.
750ml
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$13.25
$13.95
12 bottles:
$10.45
A unique, mellow, easy-drinking wine with a subtle cherry fruit core and a soft finish. This wine is soft and mellow...
750ml
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$13.25
$13.95
12 bottles:
$10.45
With powerful pineapple and apricot qualities, this tropical wine is best enjoyed with fruit or cheese.
1.5Ltr
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$22.14
$24.60
6 bottles:
$15.00
Jammin' Red is a pleasant blend of red grapes and natural strawberry flavor. The finish is lively and semi sweet....
750ml
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$12.87
$14.30
12 bottles:
$11.40
Jammin' Red is a pleasant blend of red grapes and natural strawberry flavor. The finish is lively and semi sweet....
750ml
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$13.65
$15.17
12 bottles:
$12.36
This wine is filled with intense raspberry and blackberry with very gentle tannins with a subtle sweetness. The...
750ml
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$33.06
$34.80
6 bottles:
$31.20
Initially funky and herbaceous on the nose, but a lemon-tangerine-candy note follows. Very floral with a hint of...
1.0Ltr
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$11.99
Distilled from sugarcane in Puerto Rico. Plays on the sweeter side with a palate dominated by vanilla and caramel...
1.0Ltr
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$10.99
Distilled from sugarcane in Puerto Rico, our White Rum is a true cocktail staple. Mojitos are a specialty!
750ml - Case of 12
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$32.80
A revolutionary red wine for this region made from the most interesting native red grape of Trentino/Italy. Stunning...
750ml
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$30.87
$32.50
12 bottles:
$25.27
Made from 100% non-GMO sugar cane, this Caribbean-style rum is aged a minimum of two years. It drinks delightfully...
1.5Ltr
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$21.42
$23.80
6 bottles:
$14.73
The fresh grapey aromas and flavors and semi-sweet finish make this fruity wine perfect for those who do not like the...
750ml
Bottle:
$12.87
$14.30
12 bottles:
$11.40
The fresh grapey aromas and flavors and semi-sweet finish make this fruity wine perfect for those who do not like the...
Mencia Rum United States New York
It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.
Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.
The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.
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.
New York state has a wine history which stretches back to the mid-17th century, when Dutch settlers first began cultivating grape vines in the Hudson Valley. Since then, the wine industry of New York has grown from strength to strength, mixing the old with the new as wineries continue to experiment with modern techniques alongside their traditional heritage. Indeed, certain wineries in New York state hold a claim to being amongst the oldest and most well established in the New World, with at least one dating back over three hundred and fifty years. New York state is responsible for a relatively small range of grape varietals, due to its cooler, damper climate, but many varietals such as Riesling and Seyval Blanc thrive in such conditions and produce wines a of singular quality.