The wine region of Coteaux de Schengen is located in the region of Moselle of Luxembourg. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Coteaux de Schengen or the Domaine Desom produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Coteaux de Schengen are Auxerrois, Pinot noir and Riesling, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Coteaux de Schengen often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit.
We currently count 10 estates and châteaux in the of Coteaux de Schengen, producing 41 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Coteaux de Schengen go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food.
Do growers make wine – or do markets? Growers, of course. Yet markets define the scope of the grower’s creative efforts by what they reward or sanction. When markets are neglectful and unresponsive, there’s little the grower can do but conform. It’s a problem the world over. Here’s an example. The river Moselle/Mosel rises to the wet west of the Vosges mountains, then curves in a long green arc heading north through Epinal, Metz and (along the left bank) Luxembourg’s Grand Duchy, turning east at ...
Berry Bros & Rudd has reported a 13% year-on-year increase in online sales for the two-month period ending 31 December 2021 (internal data). Moreover, online sales soared 107% versus the same period in 2019, according to the fine wine and spirits merchant. Average online order value increased by 19% year-on-year compared to 2020, with Berry Bros & Rudd’s online fine wine exchange [BBX] reporting a 25% increase. The strong online results helped sales across the business increase by 2% yea ...
I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...
