Top 100 sweet wines of Østlandet
Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Østlandet as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet wines that are popular of Østlandet and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Østlandet
The wine region of of Norway. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Egge Gård or the Domaine Egge Gård produce mainly wines pink, sweet and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of are Solaris, Pinot noir and Rondo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
We currently count 1 estates and châteaux in the of , producing 4 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison).
News from the vineyard of Østlandet
Rare Glen Grant whisky sells for record-breaking HK$937,500
A rare bottle of Gordon & MacPhail’s Glen Grant 72-year-old whisky has broken its own previous auction world record in a sale at Bonham’s Hong Kong on 20 May. The single bottle sold for HK$937,500 (US$120,000/£95,403) including buyer’s premium. This figure is more than double the price a bottle of the same whisky sold for at a Bonham’s Hong Kong sale in January 2021 (HK$421,600). Distilled by Speyside producer Glen Grant in 1948, the rare single malt was created by independent Scotch bottl ...
St-Emilion 2012 Classification upheld in court
Bordeaux’s administrative court of appeal has effectively validated the St-Emilion 2012 Classification after rejecting long-standing complaints from three châteaux. France’s national appellation body, INAO, said the decision upholds an original court ruling from 2015. It added the complainants still have two months in which to appeal the judgement, however. Legal challenges to the St-Emilion 2012 Classification have been a feature of the past decade in Bordeaux. INAO said it was ‘reassured’ by t ...
Major Bordeaux merchant Maison Joanne gets new shareholders
Several private investors have taken shareholdings in Maison Joanne, one of the biggest Bordeaux négociant firms and leading distributor of grands crus to wine merchants around the world. Company president Pierre Antoine Castéja announced the changes in a letter to business partners and friends on the eve of the Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tasting week. It marks a new chapter for the family business, which celebrates its 160th anniversary this year and has around 5 million bottles of fine wine stor ...