The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Engelberg' is located in the region of Alsace Grand Cru of Alsace of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pfister or the Domaine Pfister produce mainly wines white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Engelberg' 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 'Engelberg' often reveals types of flavors of tropical, pear or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, oak or vegetal.
In the mouth of Alsace Grand Cru 'Engelberg' is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 7 estates and châteaux in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Engelberg', producing 11 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Alsace Grand Cru 'Engelberg' go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food.
Cult Wines partnered with Olivier Bernstein to offer the ‘ultra-rare’ jeroboam from the 2017 vintage via its new CultX digital trading platform. An auction hammer price of £57,000 ($69,000) was just under the pre-sale high estimate of £60,000. Cult Wines said the jeroboam set a new benchmark price for Romanée-St-Vivant grand cru and was sold for the equivalent of £14,250 per 75cl bottle – again demonstrating the strength of the market for high-end Burgundy wines. ‘Given the scarcity ...
Establishing a vineyard isn’t something you just rush into these days. Identifying the right site, carrying out soil analysis, selecting suitable rootstocks and varieties, procuring equipment… We’ve made a lot of progress in the past 80 years. But perhaps we overthink such things. Some estates, such as Domaine Font de Courtedune, have grown organically, with major decisions often being made for practical, rather than stylistic, reasons. And the results, from Côtes-du-Rhône to Châteauneuf-du-Pape ...
Lucio Tasca d’Almerita died in Palermo this week, on 25 July, aged 82. In Sicily he was known simply as ‘Conte Lucio’, such was the reputation of the Count and the amount of respect and affection people had for him. Lucio was one of the pioneers of winemaking on the island from a technical point of view, but moreover he was able to demonstrate how effective the modernisation of Sicily could be from a cultural standpoint. Born in Palermo on 9 January 1940, he was an athlete in his youth and even ...
