Top 100 wines of Ischia
Discover the top 100 best wines of Ischia of Ischia as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Ischia and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Ischia
The wine region of Ischia is located in the region of Campanie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Antonio Mazzella or the Domaine Cenatiempo produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Ischia are Viognier, Sangiovese and Aglianico, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Ischia often reveals types of flavors of vanilla, oaky or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
In the mouth of Ischia is a powerful. We currently count 11 estates and châteaux in the of Ischia, producing 49 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Ischia go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks.
Discover the grape variety: Viognier
White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
News from the vineyard of Ischia
Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine La Ferme St-Martin, Beaumes de Venise
Onwards, upwards. The roads get narrower, the corners get tighter. I step out of the car when I finally reach the winery and the air is so much fresher here. I go to take a sip from my water bottle and a gust of wind makes it whistle. I stand with Thomas Jullien and we look over the vineyards. It’s not yet spring, and the vines look little more than sticks. ‘It’s a lunar landscape at the moment,’ he says, as a friend’s flock of 300 sheep has just passed through to graze on every scrap of green b ...
Former Amazon executive to launch NFT fine wine platform
Cofounded by Xavier Garambois, the former vice-president of EU retail at Amazon, Winechain.co is set to go live by the end of this year with its first ‘wiNeFT’ offering – its term for a fine wine linked to a non-fungible token (NFT). There has been a growing amount of innovation around NFTs in the wine world, from limited-edition winery offers to the ways in which blockchain technology could provide a digital guarantee of ownership history. Winechain said its goal is ‘to build dy ...
Andrew Jefford: ‘Can wine help us make sense of tragedy?’
The dark days began when I learned from a visiting Canadian friend about the death of one of the kindest, most gentle and most skilful Pinot winemakers I’ve known, Paul Pender of Tawse Winery. He died in a senseless and tragic act of violence on the evening of 3 February, outside his Lake Erie cottage. A stranger, subsequently charged with his murder, had (it seems) knocked on his door, asking for help. Paul’s sudden, untimely loss has left his family, and the broader Canadian wine community, di ...