Top 100 red wines of Lakonia
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Lakonia of Lakonia as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Lakonia and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Lakonia
The wine region of Lakonia is located in the region of Peloponnesos of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sigalas or the Domaine Monemvasia produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lakonia are Assyrtiko, Agiorgitiko and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lakonia often reveals types of flavors of cherry, apples or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, citrus fruit or tree fruit.
In the mouth of Lakonia is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar. We currently count 6 estates and châteaux in the of Lakonia, producing 32 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lakonia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal.
News from the vineyard of Lakonia
Edmond de Rothschild Heritage purchases Central Otago winery Akarua
The deal includes 34.5ha under vine in the heart of the mountainous Bannockburn sub-region. It is mainly planted with Pinot Noir, but there are pockets of Chardonnay and Riesling too. Sir Clifford Skeggs, a Kiwi businesmman, and Lady Marie Skeggs purchased the land for Akarua in 1995, and planting began the following year. The first wines were bottled from the 1999 vintage. Akarua is now firmly established as one of the largest family-owned operations in Central Otago, and its 100% estate-grown ...
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 ...
Shirakawa 1958 single malt set for release
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 ...