Côtes de Sambre et Meuse wines are wines from the Walloon Region in Belgium. Their quality is recognized as an appellation of controlled origin. About sixty owners and 27 vineyards listed by the Belgian federation of wines and spirits total about thirty hectares of vines. This represents between 75 and 80 000 vines for an annual production of 800 to 900 hectoliters.
The name "vin de pays des Jardins de Wallonie" is given to other wines from the Walloon region.
The wines of the Côtes de Sambre et Meuse are wines of the Walloon Region in Belgium. Their quality is recognized as an appellation of controlled origin. About sixty owners and 27 vineyards listed by the Belgian federation of wines and spirits total about thirty hectares of vines.
This represents between 75 and 80 000 vines for an annual production of 800 to 900 hectoliters.
The area of wine production and viticulture eligible for the Côtes de Sambre et Meuse appellation corresponds to the Meuse river basin, which is made up of eight sub-basins: Meuse upstream, Meuse downstream, Sambre, Ourthe, Amblève, Semois, Chiers, Vesdre and Lesse.
The ministerial decree of May 27, 2004 approving Côtes de Sambre et Meuse as a quality wine with a controlled designation of origin (A. O.
German, intraspecific cross made in 1955 by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) between the helfensteiner and the heroldrebe (more details, click here!). With these same parents he also obtained the hegel. The Dornfelder can be found in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, United States, ... . Virtually unknown in France, we nevertheless recognize a certain interest in it due to its short phenological cycle and the quality of its wines, both rosé and red.
