{"title":"Last Chance","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"celler-frisach-abrunet-negre","title":"‘L’Abrunet Negre’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGarnacha \u0026amp; Cariñena, Terra Alta, Spain \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA dependable and dripping in juiciness Spanish red blend for weekday sipping. Brothers Francesc and Joan Ferré are part of a two century long line of grape farmers, making energetic natural wines in the Terra Alta appellation of Catalonia. They work with regional varieties such as, the ruler of the land, vernatxa (grenache blanc), the RARE vernatxa gris (grenache gris), vernatxa fina (grenache noir), carinyena, garnatxa peluda \u0026amp; morenillo. A blend of the beloved fruity and spicy garnacha fina (60%) and earthy, meaty carignan (40%) harvested at the same time, destemmed, foot stomped and co-fermented with their skins for one week before being aged in concrete tanks. 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Benje Tinto is made predominantly from 70-100 year old Listán Prieto vines grown on sandy volcanic soils, aged for eight months in a mixture of concrete \u0026amp; French oak, bottled unfined \u0026amp; unfiltered. Benje Tinto is open-hearted and rarin’ to go— if it had a Zodiac sign it would be Aries, spicy \u0026amp; intense \u0026amp; so very alive. Cherry juice, strawberry fruit leather, zippy pink peppercorn. Wild, light-bodied, not too tannic, like if Beaujolais were more of a ballad \u0026amp; less of a pop song. 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It’s so sexy when a wine knows \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eexactly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewhat it’s doing and at this point, we’re just along for the ride.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Lelarge Pugeot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41236672676018,"sku":"WINE-LELARGE-PUGEOT-TRADITION","price":135.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/7396\/2930\/products\/Lelarge-Pugeot-Tradition.jpg?v=1739646748"},{"product_id":"meinklang-gruner-veltliner","title":"Grüner Veltliner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBurgenland, Austria\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSome wines require deep examination and patience but this dry \u0026amp; crispy white wine is raring to go and happy to be accepted exactly the way it is! From Burgenland, Austria, one of our absolutely favourite regions for incredibly textured \u0026amp; powerful whites, this lovely juice tells us all about its days in the countryside— crispy green apples, white peaches, Bartlett pears and healthy crank of white pepper. 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