The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' is located in the region of Alsace Grand Cru of Alsace of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Marcel Deiss or the Domaine Gustave Lorentz produce mainly wines white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' are Gewurztraminer, Riesling 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 Bergheim' often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, almonds or banana and sometimes also flavors of nutmeg, spices or beeswax.
In the mouth of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 16 estates and châteaux in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim', producing 32 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food.
The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...
A man and woman carried out the ‘meticulously planned’ theft at the Atrio hotel and restaurant in western Spain back in October. They made off with a bottle of 1806 Château D’Yquem and a large haul of Domaine de la Romanée Conti after breaking into Atrio’s famous cellar. That sparked a nine-month international manhunt. Police in Spain teamed up with Interpol and Europol, plus authorities in Romania and the Netherlands, to track a pair of suspects down. They eventually swooped on a 29-year-old Me ...
Despite the lowest number of barrels going under the hammer in 15 years, the 2021 Hospices de Beaune charity auction broke per-barrel price records, reaching an impressive total sales figure of €12.5m (£10.48m/$14.09m), excluding buyer premiums. The total was not too far behind last year’s high tally – close to €13.44 million – where almost double the number of barrels were sold. This year’s sale, with 362 lots, including seven barrels of spirits, reached an average price per lot of €34,980 (£29 ...
