The wine region of Coteaux de l'Ain is located in the region of Comtés Rhodaniens of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Thierry Tissot or the Domaine de Mucelle produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Coteaux de l'Ain are Pinot noir, Gamay noir and Gamaret, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Coteaux de l'Ain often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit.
We currently count 4 estates and châteaux in the of Coteaux de l'Ain, producing 20 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Coteaux de l'Ain go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison).
Heritage Auctions said a single bottle of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ ‘SLV’ Cabernet Sauvignon 1973 – representing the Napa Valley red wine that beat top Bordeaux in the landmark 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting – fetched $12,300. That marks a new record auction price for the wine, said Heritage. It was sold to a bidder who wished to remain anonymous during an auction of nearly 4,000 wines from Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ ‘legacy collection’. Steven Spurrier’s 1976 Judge ...
Bodegas Vizar is located in the municipality of Villabáñez, to the east of Valladolid is Spain’s Castile and León region, bordering the Ribera del Duero DO. Vizar’s application to obtain the Dehesa Peñalba vino de pago DO was first put forward to, and approved by the Agrarian and Technological Institute of Castilla y León (ITACyL), in 2019. The proposal was then submitted to the European Commission, which granted the final green light earlier this month. ‘We started the process in 2015 and ...
While taller overall vines do exist in regions such as Galicia with their pergola training method, the roots of any vine usually top out at 37cm. It’s at this top point where the Vitis vinifera shoot is grafted in and continues to grow, giving us such grapes as Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay. This is opposed to the rootstocks which are composed of various crosses of vines such as Vitis rupestris which aren’t used for wine production but are resistant to the root louse, phylloxera. This new tal ...
