Top 100 sweet wines of Lemnos
Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Lemnos of Lemnos as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet wines that are popular of Lemnos and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Lemnos
The wine region of Lemnos is located in the region of Aegean Sea of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Garalis or the Domaine Petros Chatzigeorgiou produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lemnos are Assyrtiko, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lemnos often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak.
We currently count 10 estates and châteaux in the of Lemnos, producing 42 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lemnos go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or beef.
News from the vineyard of Lemnos
Alsace Riesling must be ‘dry’, says wine body proposal
Starting with the 2021 vintage, non-late harvest Alsace Riesling must be ‘dry’, as defined by EU regulations, according to a proposed decree agreed by a two-thirds majority of the Alsace Winegrowers’ Association (AVA). Winemakers backed the plan at a vote in Colmar last week, although it requires approval from France’s appellation body, INAO. The move comes in addition to the introduction of a standardised way of communicating sweetness levels on Alsace AOC still wines. As per EU rul ...
Behind LVMH’s Himalayan wine project: the villages of Ao Yun
It’s no easy task to establish a super-premium wine in an entirely new region, particularly when inviting potential retail partners or distributors to the vineyard involves journeying to a distant corner of the Himalayas in the outer reaches of the Yunnan province, southwestern China. For my journey, after four flights from Bordeaux to Shanghai, Chengdu then Shangri-La, it was a four-hour drive up through stunning mountain passes to the foothills (here, that means 2,200m above sea level) of the ...
Verona to be home to Italy’s largest wine museum and visitor centre
Known to wine enthusiasts for one of the world’s best known annual wine fairs, Vinitaly, Verona is about to host a poli-functional wine museum and visitor centre that promises to rival similar enterprises in Bordeaux and Porto. The Museo del Vino (MuVin) project was officially unveiled at Vinitaly earlier this month, with the endorsement of Italian tourism minister Massimo Garavaglia, Roberta Garibaldi of Italy’s national tourism agency, and Prof Diego Begalli, director of the department of busi ...