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This smells lovely with its citrus, pineapple, starfruit, fresh herb, and lemon candy notes. It is medium weight with crisp, tart, yet lightly tropical flavors such as pineapple, orange, and coconut, along with lemon, and hints of savory marjoram.

Aromas are tropical with citrus zest and touches of melon and stone fruit.  The palate is round and lower acid with peach and nectarine flavors. Touches of honeysuckle, pear and fennel linger on the finish.

Pear, quince, light floral aromas especially orange blossom, soft almond notes and some nectarine are enticing. This nearly off-dry wine has a round texture balanced with refreshing acid. The palate provides jasmine, some orange peel and subtle peach flavors that are enjoyable alone or with food.

from the Producer: Soalheiro Alvarinho has a bright, lemon-yellow colour. This wine is distinguished by its fresh and elegant fragrance, revealing the aromatic complexity of Alvarinho variety. The flavour has intense tropical and mineral notes that balance perfectly with the acidity and moderate alcohol content.

This is a complex and layered wine aromatically and texturally. Glazed lemons and orange slices with some apricot aromatically. The texture has lovely acidity and medium plus body. The fruit flavors are rich but perfectly balanced and delivering apricot, candied pear, guava and lychee.

This Italian white offers nice density and roundness with ripe fruits such as apricot and lychee. There is a touch of spice and almond in this juicy, medium-plus bodied wine, along with balanced acidity. Great value!

Aromas of nectarine, white peach and fresh orchard melange greet you in the glass. They're vibrant and bright and so is the wine on the palate. It's succulent, juicy and densely packed with yellow fruits with light notes of honey, herb and almond. The texture is creamy, supple and stays energetic at the same time. A wonderful wine for seafood and white meats. It can also take bold seasonings.

This exciting wine is a hybrid cross of Riesling and Cayuga developed by Cornell, and finally named Aravelle. This is aromatic and fruity with peach, apricot, fruit salad with herbs like sage. The palate is semi dry, rich and ripe fruited. There is peach, nectarine, apricot, mango, glazed tropical fruit and ginger. This bright wine has a little creaminess and would be excellent with spicy Asian fare that has some savoriness.

This wine is aged 20% in sherry casks which accounts for it's golden color and rich flavor. The aromas are ripe and fragrant with golden raisin, glazed yellow apples and bosc pear. The palate has some sweetness and savory notes with apricots, yellow plum, dried herbs. This is medium to medium plus in body with medium acidity and a lingering slightly salty finish.

This wine is composed of equal parts sweet, ripe berries and stony minerality. There is a light earthiness, integrated tannins, refreshing acidity and very good density. It's perfectly balanced! Fruit of blueberries, blackberries, plums and black raspberries mix with some forest bramble. This is indicative of the Northern Rhone (winery in Cornas), but it's composed of Gamay.

Mathieu Lapierre says this is the wine you drink in the shower; it’s that smooth and easy going. Red and black fruits are intertwined with minerality, crushed stones and herbs. Touches of blood orange keep the edge fresh. This juicy wine is ripe, crisp and joyful.

This is a powerful style of Bordeaux that also retains elegance and finesse. On the palate you will find rich ripe plum, raspberries, blackcurrant, ripe cherries, and showcasing subtle cedar notes, and baking spice. This is a delicious wine with integrated fruit and spice with a velvety texture and long finish. The palate showcases older oak, raspberry jam, leather and black pepper with a slight dark chocolate note.

Rich scents of violets, rose petals, black and red cherries, and so much blueberry! Additional aromas of licorice, black pepper and minerality lead to flavors of  plums, balanced by structuring, fresh acidity and minerality.  It is medium body with a medium finish. The palate is fresh, and has savory dried herbs with some soil notes. The tannins are soft, with round and silky texture that is thoroughly ripe but not heavy and very juicy.

This wine is medium plus in weight and concentration, generous and complex. It drinks like a Rhône wine from a cru (a recognized, prestigious appellation). One could call it a “baby Châteauneuf-du-Pape.” There are black currants, black cherries and wild dark fruits mixed with garrigue (dried Mediterranean herbs), violets and warm earth notes. This vintage further develops with molasses, dark cocoa powder and rosemary. Despite its savory, deep, brooding, intense and rustic character, the wine is rich and ripe with rounded tannins.

This is such an appealing wine with aromas darker fruit than the last vintage with black fruits (currants, boysenberry, and blueberry) with a touch of florality spring from the nose of unique Mediterranean grape. The wine is medium weight with red and purple fruits, plums, blueberries and rose petals. It is fresh, unique, appealing, fragrant, food-friendly, soft and accessible. The tannins are light to medium weight with crisp acidity.

This wine has medium aromatics of cola spice and black cherry. The palate shows great complexity with black licorice, clove, pepper and smoke, sassafras layering with black cherry, chocolate and caramel. The tannins are soft and well integrated with medium plus body and medium acidity. Nicely wrapped flavors weave with the texture for a very well made wine. The final notes leave you with raisin, cassis, black currants and feels opulent. From the Producer:  Ripe black fruit and dark chocolate underpin primary notes of graphite, pencil shavings, green pepper, vineyard dust, and anise. Nose is rounded out by hints of sassafras, heavy cream, lavender, violet, and Italian leather. Dense and plush mouthfeel with delightful acidity, gentle tannins, and lingering finish.

Dark fruit but still fresh and juicy this assumed malbec dominated wine is balanced and smooth. An enticing mix of graphite, concentrated blueberry compote, mild smoke and tobacco with some white pepper and cassis.  Floral and spice aromas pull you in and fold over to the palate, adding juicy boysenberry and blueberry pastry notes at the core. The flavors fan out from a push of fresh acidity, with savory olive and five-spice details weaving in, ending with bold tannins and nice length. Drink now through 2028. 12,000 cases made, 3,000 cases imported. - Wine Spectator, 91 Points

Made mostly with sun-baked Grenache, La Pinède possesses a remarkable weightlessness and freshness that you rarely find in such a succulent, flavorful southern red. Evoking black cherries, licorice, and garrigue, this elegant rouge is the ultimate entry point to the charms of French Catalonia. —Tom Wolf

In Sheep's Clothing delivers a ripeness of fruit flavors while preserving the acidity that gives the medium to full-bodied wine a sense of freshness. With layers of cassis, blueberries, and black cherries, this wine lends to a New World style of fruit with more of an Old World structure with a hint of wood smoke. This wine fully embraces an integral part of classic Cabernet Sauvignon by highlighting a complex blend of dried herbs: anise, thyme and bay leaf.

The nose is fruit forward with ripe black cherry, strawberry coulis and spiced raspberry notes. On the palate, this wine is extremely supple and seamless, yet has structuring acidity. The ripeness continues with black cherry and black cap raspberry fruit. A gulpable, soft and plus red in a liter bottle!

Aromas of black cherry, raspberry, black pepper and garrigue unfold from the glass. The wine is juicy with sweet ripe fruits, especially red cherry and blackberry, accompanied by light spice and herbs. It is medium weight, clean and supple with bright acidity. Very tasty and versatile!

Abundant enticing aromas introduce this wine: raspberry and black cherry fruit mingle harmoniously with Moroccan spices, coffee, garrigue, savory black olives and wood spice. The palate is equally complex and intriguing with red plum and black currant balanced by notes of sandalwood and black pepper, culminating in a persistent fruit-filled, spicy finish.

This co-fermented Chateauneuf is complex and appealing with scents reminiscent of potpourri, spiced plum, cassis and forest floor. There is something sleek and slick about the aromas, like fine chocolate and wild animal; think truffle. An opulent palate that is lovely, with black tea, bergamot, wild fruit of the forest, raisin, olives and forest floor. This is texturally attractive and nicely balanced with medium acidity, well managed tannins and a long finish.

This is a go-to wine for Mediterranean food with aromas of black and green olives, red raspberry and blackcaps, garrigue and charcoal. The aromas and flavors are complex, featuring black pepper, licorice, roses and red plums. The palate is structured but medium bodied and has medium plus acidity with integrated tannins.

This unique wine that is 100% local Piedirosso variety is ruby red in color color with purple reflections, that smell like violets, wild flowers, spices, black pepper and flint. This well integrated wine is juicy, balanced and elegant on the palate, with a savory finish earth, tobacco and inky. The fruit that develops is black cherry and cassis with singed spices. This wine is unique and staff favorite.

This is aromatic and flavorful with wild strawberry, peach, red cherry and the flavors echo the nose with juicy fruit and refreshing acidity.

Fruity-sweet aromas of candied strawberries, rose, cherry, watermelon, and high-end cotton candy. The palate, too, is fruit-sweet, with delightful red berries, cherry, and rose petals, following the nose. Moderate acidity keeps things fresh—the wine is rich but not heavy. A rosé for the deck more than the table.

Aromas are soft and subtle with touches of nectarine and wet stones. The palate has more powerful ripe strawberry, raspberry, and peach flavors. It's fuller bodied with a rounded mouthfeel and crisp acidity to balance the ripeness, leading to a long lemon finish.

Surprisingly subtle aromas of blueberry for a blueberry wine, it smells pretty with cassis, wild blackcaps, and floral notes. The texture is medium across the palate but is serious with dark earth, black olives, minerality and forest floor. It is very structured and interesting as a beverage.

Gorgeous pink color with a nose of raspberry, ripe strawberry and cherry aromas. The perfume is gorgeous and yet, has a delicacy to it. This wine is ultra-elegant with pinpoint bubbles and finesse. The fruit is ripe and red fruited--raspberry, cherry, pomegranate, strawberry, cranberry--all the reds!  It is dry and minerally, yet generous with its fruit. Such balance means that your bottle will quickly disappear!

A blanc quinquina is unique among aperitif wines Minerality, acidity and floral tones balanced with quinine bitterness The local Cedrat fruit adds unique citrus aroma Producer Louis-Napoléon Mattei began in 1872; still family owned Serve on ice with soda/tonic, or in cocktails with gin or agave spirit From the Producer:  Minerality, acidity and floral tones balanced with quinine bitterness

This bourbon is a beautiful, rose-brown color. Aromatics are of malt, citrus and light baking spice. On the palate, there are notes of apricot, apples, vanilla,cinnamon, maple, melted butter, golden brown toast and a sweet maltiness, as well as notes of flan and creme brulee topping. Very smooth with integrated alcohol.

This gin is whey based which it gives it a naturally creamy sensation without it being overly creamy. The aromas are of sesame oil and umami porcini mushrooms and orange peel. The flavor is strong, almost medicinal with earth, morels, ramps, and a slightly sweet onion note. This would be great for making bloody marys or negronis.