Valentine’s Day may be over, but the time is always right to indulge a bit, so why not treat yourself and/or that special someone to a taste of something sweet (but not too sweet)? The issue that plagues some sweet is that residual sugar (sweetness) is often used to mask ‘off flavors.’ Let us introduce you to some affordable, hand-crafted sweet made with love and intention!

These three wines all hail from the land Down Under, and Sweet Surrender Aussies have a well-documented sweet tooth, stemming from their German, Italian, and British immigrant March 2021 populations. From Sauternes-style botrytis Semillon to Tocai- style fortified wines, and off-dry to balanced Moscatos, Australia produces some of the most delicious sweet wines in the world.

Whether pairing them with some evocative, spicy food, romantic chocolate truffles, or a bathtub full of aromatic suds, these fun, fresh and fizzy wines will check all your boxes. Innocent Bystander Frisk Pink Moscato Maglieri La Brusco

for customers of ANDOVER | BLAINE | CHANHASSEN | COTTAGE GROVE | OSSEO | PLYMOUTH | RAMSEY | ROSEMOUNT | ROSEVILLE | ST. LOUIS PARK | VADNAIS HEIGHTS | WOODBURY Top Ten Liquors 2021. Place Matters Frisk Riesling comes from the high Alpine Valleys of Victoria, where the elevation and granite soils provide an ideal for fresh, mineral-drive Riesling. But make no mistake: this wine does not take itself too seriously. With a friendly lift of effervescence, this wine has a style all its own which they refer to as ‘prickly.’

Innocent Bystander Pink Moscato is sourced from lower regions in Victoria, where moscato/ thrive in the warm and humid conditions. The Black Muscat , which also produces sought-after fortified, dessert wines in nearby Rutherglen, not only lends color to the blend but also robust aromatics which land this wine squarely between a Moscato d’Asti and a Brachetto d’Aqui, the two notable sweets from Piedmont, Italy.

Serafino ‘Steve’ Maglieri realized a huge opportunity when he created ‘Maglieri’s Australian Lambrusco’ in the 1970’s, eventually leading it to become Australia’s #1 selling . Now trademarked as ‘La Brusco’, this fizzy, chillable red, is grown in the perfect, Mediterrean climate of McLaren Vale, and is comprised of the region’s signature varieties: Shiraz, , and . Full-bodied, bold red, meets chillable sweet treat for a 100% delicious experience.

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Frisk stainless steel floral and preserved pad thai, Riesling fermented; weighted, with yellow- lemon, lime asian ginger Riesling Alpine recaptured notes of gold with zest, flinty wings, fish 85%, Valleys, CO freshly cut 2 green tints; minerality, tacos with Traminer Victoria, reinjected for lime, white slightly zippy acidity. mango 15% AU effervescence; flower petals, frizzante balanced, off- habanero 10% abv, and a hint of dry finish salsa 3.5% rs fennel Innocent 6-hour skin contact for Bystander intense aromas blueberry, Pink Moscato color; cold dried apricots, Muscat deep salmon of cotton candy papaya, and Swan Hill, stainless-steel macadamia Gordo pink; and currant, mandarin Victoria, fermentation to nuts, and soft (Black persistent Turkish delight, oranges; sweet AU 5.5% abv; cheese; tropical Muscat) fine perlage and orange but refreshing carbonated fruit tarts peel finish through natural fermentation Maglieri stainless steel La Brusco juicy wild wood-fired 70% McLaren ferment to deep strawberry berry fruit, pizza, dark Shiraz, Vale, 9.3% abv; crimson red jam and lifted and fruit cake; chocolate, 24% Cab, South minimal- with a fine spice deft balance cherry- 6% Australia, Charmat mousse aromatics of soft tannins chocolate Grenache AU process and sweetness cheesecake bottling

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