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Blends of Merlot, Syrah Cabernet Sauvignin & Petite Strah " 1000 Stories is a unique wine aged in new bourbon barrels...
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750ml
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This dark purple wine has complex aromas of black cherry, spice, plum, cassis, blueberry, oak and vanilla. This is a...
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Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec. Two Blondes, a 30-acre estate vineyard in Yakima Valley AVA, is...
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Flirting with triple digits, and perhaps the best Sorella yet, the 2019 Sorella explodes from the glass with a...
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Red
750ml
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Chiseled stone, crushed strawberry, dark carnation and pleasantly toasty oak aromas show on the nose of this blend of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $79.80 $84.00
From an unirrigated vineyard above the fog line on Mount Veeder, the 2019 Mountain Cuvée No. 4 Saffron Vineyard is a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $114.00
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750ml
Bottle: $15.41
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The nose offers bright red fruits and a blend of vanilla, mocha & toffee. On the palate the juicy red raspberry and...
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750ml
Bottle: $18.92
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This big, focused and nicely concentrated wine offers potent blueberries and blackberries, with hints of dark...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $50.04 $55.60
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Redcurrants and fresh herbs with some fresh flowers and tobacco. Medium-bodied, soft and delicious with creamy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.19 $26.88
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A complex, well-crafted and inviting wine that shows tobacco and vanilla bean notes alongside generous plum,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $45.95
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I loved the nose on the 2019 Arise Proprietary Red, and it's loaded with red and black fruits, darker herbs,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.91 $37.68
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $33.68
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Fresh, vibrant red fruit flavors show notes of plumeria, candied violet and black pepper, with a touch of cream soda....
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Red
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Bottle: $41.54
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Sangiovese with a dash of Aglianico and/or Sagrantino from our Eliphante block in Cornville, AZ. Cherries on steroids...
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750ml
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A very transparent nose of strawberries and red cherries. Medium-bodied with fine tannins. A berry blast on the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $194.95
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"We don't have anything in mind about what the final blend will be each year," winemaker Andy Erickson said about...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $102.80
12 bottles: $100.74
The 2019 Fair Chase Mountain Cuvee is a new wine from Cervantes. Bright and exuberant, the 2019 offers quite the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.90 $13.00
Blackberry, white pepper, black licorice, cocoa with hints of smoked meat. Long and energetic finish that builds with...

Melon de Bourgogne Red Blend 2019 United States

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.

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.