Top 100 wines of McGregor
Discover the top 100 best wines of McGregor of Breede River Valley as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of McGregor and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of McGregor
The wine region of McGregor is located in the region of Robertson of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lord's or the Domaine Lord's produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of McGregor are Pinot noir, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of McGregor often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.
In the mouth of McGregor is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 6 estates and châteaux in the of McGregor, producing 26 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of McGregor go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
News from the vineyard of McGregor
Cape Winemakers Guild 2022 auction: all the lots to bid on
The 38th annual Cape Winemakers Guild Auction is back on home soil in South Africa this year. Auction house Strauss & Co will host the sale, sponsored by Nedbank, live and online from 5pm to 8pm on Friday 30 September and 9am to 3pm on Saturday 1 October. Bidders can attend the auction in person at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, bid by telephone, or online. They can also leave a commission bid in advance of the sale. Bonhams auction house held the auction in London in 2020 and 2021 ...
Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022
The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...
Azores to get own regional vine and wine institute
The creation of an Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho dos Açores (IVVA), with headquarters in the island of Pico, follows the remarkable qualitative growth that the Archipelago of the Azores’ wine industry has been experiencing over the past decade. ‘People are excited about growing fruit and making wine here. There are about 300 growers producing their own fruit and a lot of small “garage” producers are starting. Some of them have worked and trained with us and are now making very interesting wines, ...