Top 100 sweet wines of Etulia
Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Etulia as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet wines that are popular of Etulia and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Etulia
L'IGP Codru est une appellation viticole qui couvre approximativement le tiers Central de la République de Moldavie, s'étendant de la frontière avec la Roumanie à celle avec l'Ukraine de l'autre côté du pays.
La région est surtout associée à des vins blancs et mousseux de grande qualité. Les raisins blancs représentent environ 63 % des plantations.
Les principales variétés blanches sont (dans l'ordre des surfaces plantées) le Chardonnay, le Riesling, le Sauvignon Blanc, l'Aligoté, le Muscat Ottonel, le Rkatsiteli et le Feteasca Alba.
Les principaux vins rouges sont le Cabernet Sauvignon, le Merlot et le Pinot Noir.
Le climat est continental tempéré, avec des hivers doux et courts et des étés longs et chauds. Les précipitations annuelles moyennes sont de 450 à 550 mm (17,7 à 21,7 pouces), contre 310 à 320 jours d'ensoleillement.
L'altitude des vignobles varie de 150 à 400 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer.
La région est fragmentée par un réseau de vallées, de ravins, de crêtes, de collines et de falaises, bien qu'environ 80 % se trouve sur des pentes de 1 à 10°.
Les sols les plus courants sont le tchernoziom foncé. Il est très fertile, avec des niveaux élevés d'humus, d'acides phosphoriques, de phosphore et d'ammoniac. Il peut donner des rendements élevés grâce à sa capacité de stockage de l'eau.
News from the vineyard of Etulia
The Xarel·lo Summit returns
The idea for the summit at this remote locale came from Josep Cusiné of Parés Baltà and Ignasi Segui of Vinyes Singulars as the church sits on a ridge (‘cim’ in Catalan) at 643m in altitude. It has an unparalleled 360-degree view which opens up on the plain of Penedès and out to the Mediterranean Sea, 25km in the distance. Starting in 2015, the first years were friendly, loose affairs and took place inside the church but interest from those in the region (as well with sommeliers and the regional ...
La Rioja Alta expands with ‘artisanal vineyard’ deals
Guillermo de Aranzabal Bittner, a director at La Rioja Alta, said the company had acquired 35ha of old vines, with a minimum age of 45 years, in the village of Elvillar at an average altitude of 600 metres. He also said La Rioja Alta would buy more old vines this year, bringing total ‘artisanal vineyard’ acquisitions to a minimum of 5oha, and potentially up to 75ha, by the end of 2022. ‘We are buying very old vineyards, pruned in the traditional way with very low production, some of which are fi ...
English and Welsh wine sales soar thanks to surging direct-to-consumer channel
The latest survey from trade body WineGB shows that sales of English and Welsh wines have now increased by 69% between 2019 and 2021. The star performer is the direct-to-consumer sector, which is up by 265% over two years. It now represents 57% of all sales, up from just 36% in 2019. That means English and Welsh wine producers are increasingly cutting out the middlemen – supermarkets, specialist merchants, bars and restaurants – and selling directly to their devotees, either via their ecommerce ...