DuMol Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir
$161.99
Dumol produces top-drawer wines in both Sonoma and Napa Valleys although the winery is in Sonoma. They own vineyards and source fruit from some of the most desirable sites in northern California, the bulk of which is located in the Green Valley AVA. Winemaker/Co-owner Andy Smith made a name for himself at Littorai and Paul Hobbs and has become a star in the California wine realm.
Von Winning Win Win Riesling
$28.99
Weingut Von Winning is the rejuvenated 40-hectare estate of Dr. Deinhard, a historically-celebrated property in Deidesheim, Pfalz that like so many once-important German estates had been resting on its laurels for some time. There has been substantial investment made in regards to the cellars (including the setup of a complete gravity-flow winery) and operations, not to mention that the ownership includes parcels in some of the most legendary vineyards in Forst, Deidesheim and Ruppertsberg.
Brancaia Rose
$32.99
Bruno and Brigitte Widmer laid the first stone in 1981 with the purchase of the neglected Brancaia estate. And 40 years later, they are still doing it with a lot of heart and soul. The day-to-day business of Brancaia has long been in the hands of the second generation and the third is starting to get involved more and more. Brancaia has been a certified organic winery since 2019 and the winery includes around 40 hectares of vineyards in the Chianti Classico (Castellina in Chianti and Radda in Chianti) and another 40 hectares in the Maremma.
Big Peat Christmas 2023
$119.99
The 2023 edition of Big Peat Christmas is the first to be finished in sherry casks. 54.8%
Amador Wheated Bourbon Chardonnay Finish
$64.99
The Amador Whiskey Company was created by Trinchero Family Estates, a name that is much more well-known in wine circles. The cool part about this for whiskey lovers is though this is a sourced Bourbon, the source is an excellent distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky that unfortunately has yet to offer any of its own whiskey in Canada. That source is Willet Distillery.
That's right - this Wheated Bourbon with a mashbill of 65% Corn, 20% Wheat, and 15% Barley was made at WIllet. It was aged in your typical virgin, charred American oak barrels for 3 years and then finished in Napa Cellars Chardonnay barrels for 9-12 months. It is bottled at 43%.
From The Producer
"At Amador Whiskey Company, we partner with the finest craft distilleries to create limited-edition, luxury whiskeys. Partnerships include Barton 1792 in Bardstown Kentucky, Willett in Bardstown Kentucky, Castle & Key in Frankfort Kentucky, and Charbay in Ukiah California. Each Amador Whiskey is then finished in different Trinchero Family wine barrels in Napa Valley for a complex and unique flavor profile."
Amador Classic Bourbon Cabernet Finish
$70.99
The Amador Whiskey Company was created by Trinchero Family Estates, a name that is much more well-known in wine circles. The cool part about this for whiskey lovers is though this is a sourced Bourbon, the source is an excellent distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky that unfortunately has yet to offer any of its own whiskey in Canada. That source is Willet Distillery.
Amador's Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Cabernet Sauvignon Barrels consists of a mashbill of 75% Corn, 13% Rye, and 15% Barley made at WIllet. It was aged in your typical virgin, charred American oak barrels for 3 years and then finished in Napa Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon barrels for 9-12 months. It is bottled at 45%.
From The Producer
"At Amador Whiskey Company, we partner with the finest craft distilleries to create limited-edition, luxury whiskeys. Partnerships include Barton 1792 in Bardstown Kentucky, Willett in Bardstown Kentucky, Castle & Key in Frankfort Kentucky, and Charbay in Ukiah California. Each Amador Whiskey is then finished in different Trinchero Family wine barrels in Napa Valley for a complex and unique flavor profile."
Amador Rye Whiskey Port Cask Finish
$78.99
The Amador Whiskey Company was created by Trinchero Family Estates, a name that is much more well-known in wine circles. The cool part about this for whiskey lovers is though this is a sourced Rye, the source is an excellent distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky that unfortunately has yet to offer any of its own whiskey in Canada. That source is Willet Distillery.
Amador's Kentucky Rye Whiskey Finished in Port Barrels consists of a mashbill of 74% Rye, 11% Corn, and 15% Barley made at WIllet. It was aged in your typical virgin, charred American oak barrels for 3 years and then finished in Amador County Terra d’Oro Port barrels for 9-12 months. It is bottled at 46%.
From The Producer
"At Amador Whiskey Company, we partner with the finest craft distilleries to create limited-edition, luxury whiskeys. Partnerships include Barton 1792 in Bardstown Kentucky, Willett in Bardstown Kentucky, Castle & Key in Frankfort Kentucky, and Charbay in Ukiah California. Each Amador Whiskey is then finished in different Trinchero Family wine barrels in Napa Valley for a complex and unique flavor profile."
G&M Distillery Label Mortlach 15 Year
$154.99
This whisky was featured on Day 14 of our 2023 KWM Whisky Calendar. You can check out Evan's blog post on the whisky here.
Matured in First Fill and Refill Sherry before bottling at 46%, this 15 year old Mortlach is part of the G&M Distillery Label range.
False Bay Chenin Blanc
$21.99
after South Africa’s most iconic bay, which frames much of the country’s premium winelands, False Bay Vineyards was borne out of a desire to make ‘real’ wine affordable.
Back in 1994, long before founding Waterkloof (his biodynamic vineyard overlooking False Bay), Paul Boutinot came to the Western Cape to seek out and rescue grapes from old, balanced and under-appreciated vineyards. These treasures were otherwise destined to be lost in the large cooperative blends that were dominating South Africa’s wine industry back then.
Unusually for that time, Paul transformed those Cape gems into wines with a minimum of intervention: Wild yeast ferments, no acid additions…you know the drill. A familiar story to many ‘real wine’ lovers now, but back then he was swimming against the tide. Even today, making wine this way at the price level is almost unheard of.
Today the ingredients remain the same for Waterkloof’s Cellar Master Nadia Barnard: Fantastic coastal fruit, old vines and wild yeast abound, with additions avoided.