The wine region of Swan Valley is located in the region of Swan District of Australie de l'Ouest of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Mandoon or the Domaine Talijancich produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Swan Valley are Verdelho, Chenin blanc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Swan Valley often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
In the mouth of Swan Valley is a powerful. We currently count 37 estates and châteaux in the of Swan Valley, producing 167 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Swan Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...
Celebrated Soave producer Pieropan is due to unveil its new winery in April 2022. Dubbed ‘Leonildo Pieropan‘ after the estate’s pioneering late owner, the winery is considered groundbreaking for its eco credentials and use of materials – and is largely hidden under a hill, with just the frontage visible. Pieropan’s project began in 2015, when the family realised they had outgrown the existing winery in the centre of Soave town, and subsequently acquired a site in th ...
The region’s trade share slumped to an historic low of 37.7% in 2021 after failing to keep pace with the broader market. It was the first time Bordeaux’s market share had ever fallen below 40%. At the time of writing, it has slipped to 32%, according to Liv-ex. The company divides its main index into a series of sub-indices. Over the past year, the Bordeaux sub-index increased by a modest 11.5%, compared to 43.8% for Burgundy and 51.2% for Champagne. The main challenger to Bordeaux’s throne is B ...
