The wine region of Vallee du Torgan is located in the region of Pays d'Oc of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bertrand-Bergé or the Domaine Mont Tauch produce mainly wines pink, red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Vallee du Torgan are Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. In the mouth of Vallee du Torgan is a powerful with a nice freshness.
We currently count 4 estates and châteaux in the of Vallee du Torgan, producing 10 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Vallee du Torgan go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry.
Some Châteauneufs are more reliable than others. When I visit the region to taste the new vintage every year, Domaine de la Janasse’s cuvée Vieilles Vignes regularly features among the best. It’s a particularly dense and concentrated wine when young, and it always strikes me that, even for Châteauneuf, it’s a wine that needs extended ageing to show its best. I was keen to acquire a more complete understanding of how this cuvée develops, so I visited brother-and-sister team Isabelle and Christoph ...
Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate, Mayacamas and Spottswoode are among the major names featured in the Napa Valley Library Wine Auction via Sotheby’s. More than 50 lots have been assembled for the sale, which began online this week and will culminate in a live auction on 5 February in New York. Organised in partnership with trade body Napa Valley Vintners, the auction includes vintages back to 1978 and wines have been sourced direct from winery cellars. One rare lot involves a magnum of each of Scr ...
Sealwood Cottage Farm in Derbyshire, central England, has been put up for sale with a guide price of £1.4m ($1.66m). A five-bedroom, Grade II-listed cottage is the focal point for the 8.68-hectare (21.44 acres) estate, but it also features a vineyard of around 1.6ha established by the current owners, John and Elisabeth Goodall. Listing agent Fisher German said the Swadlincote-based estate’s guide price doesn’t include ‘any apportionment of the [wine] business’, but the owners would be ‘open to s ...
