Top 100 red wines of Gelderland

Discover the top 100 best red wines of Gelderland as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Gelderland and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Gelderland

The wine region of Gelderland of Netherlands. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Betuws Wijndomein or the Domaine Betuws Wijndomein produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gelderland are Johanniter, Regent and Solaris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gelderland often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or minerality and sometimes also flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

We currently count 27 estates and châteaux in the of Gelderland, producing 125 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gelderland go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison).

News from the vineyard of Gelderland

Andrew Jefford: ‘The gifts of Bacchus hold our gaze like a procession’

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 ...

Willamette Valley grape crop is dealt a frosty blow

On 11 April, 2022, cold temperatures, snow and frost arrived in the Willamette Valley. The pre-dawn hours of 15 April were particularly devastating, with numerous vineyards registering overnight lows of minus three to zero degrees Celsius. Gregory Jones, a research climatologist and CEO of Abacela Winery in Roseburg, Oregon, refers to the event as ‘February in April’ in his weather and climate newsletter. The frost’s timing was disastrous. Thanks to a warmer, drier Oregon winter, Chardonnay and ...

Vega Sicilia invests €20m in Galicia white wine plan

Vega Sicilia’s announcement of its project in Galicia brings an end to months of industry speculation over where exactly the company would make its first Spanish white wines. Spanish daily newspapers El País and Cinco Días revealed news of the construction of a new winery and the acquisition of 24 hectares of vineyards by Vega Sicilia, owned by the Álvarez family. Vega Sicilia confirmed that production would initially consist of two white wines: Deiva, a white Crianza (aged 2 years); and Arnela, ...

The best wines of Gelderland in other styles