Bulk Wine

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The Wine Company travels extensively and has built many long-lasting relationships with wineries in Argentina, Chile and South Africa to offer US and Canadian wineries the best quality/price ratios for bulk wine and custom blends.

All prices are in US$ per liter and are FOB nearest port, except Argentina which is priced ex-cellars Mendoza. Normal order quantity for bulk wine is 24,000 liters (6,000 gals.) and wine is commonly shipped in a disposable Flexitank. Expect to pay approximately $4,000 to ship a tank from any source.

Argentina    top

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In the last decade, Mendoza's wine producers have set out to prove that their wines can stand with the best in the world. Their success can be attributed to the area's desert climate, high altitude vine farming, and rocky clay soil.

Argentina represents the best quality to price ratio in bulk wines at this time. Mendoza is enjoying an influx of interest in its wines and also some of the best vintages in recent years. With currency at a low, the result is great quality at low prices.

Argentina's top red varietals include Syrah, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. In these wines, you can expect deep opaque color, great fruit on the nose and palate, excellent tannin structure, and a long finish.

Bonarda is another popular and prolific red varietal out of Argentina. It has big body and structure, possessing deep color and lots of juicy fruit.

A dry white blend from Argentina (usually Torrontes/Chenin Blanc) is a relatively inexpensive white wine option, with great aromatics and crisp acidity.

Chile    top

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Chile offers excellent quality/price wines, particularly with Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. The Wine Company sources these wines from several regions in Chile, including Casablanca Valley, viewed as the source of Chile's best white wines.

Located between Santiago and Valparaiso on the central coast of Chile, Casablanca Valley is known for growing white wine grapes with a great balance of sugar and acid, similar to the grapes found in the Carneros region of California.

Chilean reds represent some of the best values in bulk wine with high quality Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Nevertheless prices have spiked up from previous years' low levels for good quality wines, so look to The Wine Company for reliable sources from various regions to offer the best options in quality and price.

South Africa    top

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The export boom of the last decade has witnessed extensive international investment in South Africa, a production of new estates and wine brands, the new planting of noble grape varieties and the adoption of high-tech production methods. The country is becoming known for classic Bordeaux-style red blends and Loire-style white blends.

The Wine Company has been sourcing wine from South Africa for 11 years. White wines from South Africa remain excellent value, highlighted by excellent aromatics and high acidity.

Colombard from South Africa has excellent aromatics and bracing acidity. Chenin Blanc is usually fuller on the palate.

We can also provide high quality Riesling, Semillon, Pinotage, Shiraz, and dry red blends from South Africa.

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