Top 100 wines of Huon Valley

Discover the top 100 best wines of Huon Valley of Huon Valley as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Huon Valley and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Huon Valley

The wine region of Huon Valley is located in the region of Tasmanie of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sailor Seeks Horse or the Domaine Sailor Seeks Horse produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Huon Valley are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Huon Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

In the mouth of Huon Valley is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 5 estates and châteaux in the of Huon Valley, producing 9 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Huon Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

News from the vineyard of Huon Valley

Walls: Tasting Hermitage 2001 20 years on

In 2001, George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States. Meanwhile in the UK, Tony Blair led the Labour Party to its second landslide victory. A lot can change over the course of 20 years. According to many Rhône winemakers and wine collectors, this is how long a bottle of Hermitage should lay undisturbed until you open it. Is it really worth the wait? I recently tasted 11 Hermitage 2001s – seven red, two white, two sweet – to test the 20 year hypothesis and see how these ...

Champagne harvest 2022: top quality forecast as picking begins

The Champagne 2022 harvest has begun and picking start dates have been set for the majority of villages, the Comité Champagne has announced. Individual harvest start dates are set for each village and grape variety in the entire Champagne region. This year, dates range between 20 August (Montgueux in the Côte des Blancs) and 6 September (Dormans Soilly in the Vallée de la Marne). The Réseau Matu, a network of hundreds of vineyard control plots, is used to observe the ripening of grapes across th ...

Investment start-up Vint appoints wine director

Lapierre, a Master of Wine since 2013, is already part of Vint’s investment committee and will step into the new director of wine role as the group looks to grow. He joins Vint from the California-based Vinfolio fine wine group, where he most recently served as president. Vint is one of several groups that has said it wants to make investing in wine as an alternative asset more accessible. Founded in 2019, the group has since 2021 specialised in offering Securities & Exchange Commission-qual ...