The wine region of Stetten (Franken) is located in the region of Franken of Germany. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Rudolf Fürst or the Domaine Rudolf Fürst produce mainly wines white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Stetten (Franken) are Riesling, Chardonnay and Kerner, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Stetten (Franken) often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or tropical fruit.
In the mouth of Stetten (Franken) is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 7 estates and châteaux in the of Stetten (Franken), producing 8 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stetten (Franken) go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian.
The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...
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 ...
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 ...
