Top 100 wines of Volkach
Discover the top 100 best wines of Volkach of Volkach as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Volkach and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Volkach
The wine region of Volkach is located in the region of Franken of Germany. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Zehnthof or the Domaine Zehnthof produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Volkach are Scheurebe et Riesling, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. We currently count 1 estates and châteaux in the of Volkach, producing 4 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.
The wines of Volkach go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food.
News from the vineyard of Volkach
Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022
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 ...
Lucio Tasca d’Almerita dies
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 ...
British Duo Charged with Duping US Wine Investors in $99m Ponzi Scheme
Stephen Burton, 57, and Andrew Fuller, 55, face up to 20 years behind bars if they are convicted of duping the collectors. They set up a company called Bordeaux Cellars to conduct the alleged scam. It offered investors the chance to earn high returns by making collateralised loans secured against rare bottles of the world’s finest wines, including Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Screaming Eagle. However, the returns were ‘too good to be true’, according to court papers filed in New York by US di ...