New + Back in Stock: March 31st, 2023
Wine. Spirits. Beer. Cider. RTD. Whatever you prefer, we always have something interesting for you to discover.
Browse our NEW products this week, plus best sellers that are back in stock:
Wine. Spirits. Beer. Cider. RTD. Whatever you prefer, we always have something interesting for you to discover.
Browse our NEW products this week, plus best sellers that are back in stock:
One of Canada’s most prolific craft breweries to pop up in the last decade – Bellwoods continues to impress and amaze anyone who can get their hands on a bottle. Over the years they’ve gone from lineups around the block at their Ossington ave. location, to opening a second much larger brewery, complete with rows and rows of barrels for mixed fermentation and dark beer ageing. So far in the Canadian craft beer scene, not many other breweries have made as many waves as Bellwoods.
For over 10 years Toronto’s Bellwoods Brewery has established themselves as one of the country’s most iconic craft breweries. From lineups around the block in the early days at their Ossington Ave. location, to opening a second much larger brewery complete with rows upon rows of barrels for mixed fermentation and dark beer ageing. Bellwoods has won a long list of national and international awards and have collaborated with countless world-class breweries.
Famous Veuve Clicquot dates as far back as 1772, when Phillippe Clicquot decides to start a wine business with the goal of what he refers to as “crossing borders.” 1805 saw the most monumental shift with widow Madame Clicquot taking over the family business and becoming one of the first modern business woman. Her list of accomplishments are long and include: releasing the first recorded vintage champagne in 1805, inventing the first riddling table in 1816, and creating the first “rosé d’assemblage” in 1818 using red grapes from her Bouzy vineyards. Jump to 1986 when the winery was acquired by Louis Vuitton and the rest is history, really.
First released in 1937 (the 1921 vintage) and owned by Moet Chandon, Dom Pérignon is a prestige cuvée (also known as tête de cuvée) which is the top Champagne that a producer will make. Dom Pérignon is vintage champagne only. Each vintage is a creation, singular and unique, that expresses both the character of the year, and the character of Dom Pérignon. After at least eight years of elaboration in the cellars, the wine embodies the perfect balance of Dom Pérignon, the Plénitude of harmony.
Dom Pérignon was a Benedictine monk and cellar master in the 17th century. He is widely credited as being the “father” of Champagne and thought to have said: “Come quickly, I am tasting stars!” upon his first taste of sparkling wine. While the champagne method came before Pérignon began his efforts, he is known to have perfected the art of Champagne making overall. He is credited with creating and mastering many techniques like blending grapes to improve wine quality, enhancing flavours in finished wine, and proper bottling pacing. He also started using cork closures and thicker glass bottles so they would not explode under pressure.
Don Sebastiani & Sons is a family-owned company with roots in Sonoma for over a hundred years. Aquinas is a line of wines within the Don Sebastiani porfolio. They make luxurious wines from pre-eminent appellations a bit more accessible to all. The team meticulously scours the North Coast, to source the perfect fruit.
Don Sebastiani & Sons is a family-owned company with roots in Sonoma for over a hundred years. Aquinas is a line of wines within the Don Sebastiani porfolio. They make luxurious wines from pre-eminent appellations a bit more accessible to all. The team meticulously scours the North Coast, to source the perfect fruit.
Purchased in 1981 by Swiss couple Brigitte and Bruno Widmer, the original estate sitting atop the Brancaia hill, it was initially a place for their family to visit on holiday. The 20 ha site sported a house in desperate need of renovations and 4 ha of vineyards; a well-protected plot surrounding by deep woods, free from any neighbouring vineyards that have been sprayed with chemicals.
After their Chianti Classico (1983) won a blind tasting in 1986, it wasn’t soon after that the Widmer’s bought 53 ha more, located in Radda. During that time, their famous Il Blu was produced- a blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot. This blend didn’t meet the requirements and/or guidelines to be classified as Chianti Classico and the Widmer family found themselves part of the Super Tuscan movement, a label eventually granted by the Italian government in 1992 known as: Toscana IGT.
Zenato is a historic and well respected name in Northern Italy’s Veneto region. Sergio Zenato started the winery in 1960 and today the family tradition in winemaking is carried on by his children Alberto and Nadia. The estate produces a range of white and red wines.
With origins in the 1920s, Modelo was first brewed alongside fellow local beer Corona at the Mexico City brewery Cervecería Modelo in 1925. For decades, these two beers dominated Mexican beer culture before eventually making their way to the U.S. In 1990, Modelo Especial introduced American beer drinkers to a different kind of Mexican beer: a full-flavored lager rich with a smooth taste and crisp finish.
Since the early 2010’s Modelo has been under the ownership of AB-InBev.