The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergbieten' is located in the region of Alsace Grand Cru of Alsace of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Loew or the Domaine Frederic Mochel produce mainly wines white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergbieten' are Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergbieten' often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, apricot or lychee and sometimes also flavors of floral, stone or oak.
In the mouth of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergbieten' is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 12 estates and châteaux in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergbieten', producing 28 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergbieten' go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food.
The historic estate follows in the footsteps of Châteaux Angélus, Cheval Blanc and Ausone by withdrawing its candidacy from the upcoming classification. The Malet-Roquefort family, which has owned Château La Gaffelière for more than 300 years, said it ‘no longer recognises its values’ in the new criteria. The Malet-Roqueforts claimed that the overhauled rating system for the tasting ‘contradicts all the ratings obtained by Château La Gaffelière for several years by the greatest wine professional ...
Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon ‘space vines’ that were fired into orbit alongside bottles of Petrus 2000 have been nurtured alongside their ‘daughter’ plants in western France, said researchers in an update on the project. ‘The first “space grapes” are now visible on the canes just a few months after the replanting phase that occurred in February 2022,’ said Space Cargo Unlimited, the start-up leading the project. A total of 320 vine canes spent more than a year on the Int ...
Shirakawa 1958 is the only official single malt bottling from the demolished distillery, and is also said to be the earliest single vintage Japanese whisky bottled to date, although part of its back story remains shrouded in mystery. The whisky was distilled at the Shirakawa distillery, located 200km north of Tokyo, in 1958, and survived an era when Shirakawa’s malt whisky was almost all used in owner Takara Shuzo’s flagship ‘King’ blend. Shirakawa was opened in Fukushima Prefecture by previous ...
