Top 100 red wines of Calamin
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Calamin of Lavaux as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Calamin and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Calamin
The wine region of Calamin is located in the region of Lavaux of Vaud of Switzerland. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Louis Bovard or the Domaine Jean-Francois Chevalley produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Calamin are Chasselas, Merlot and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Calamin often reveals types of flavors of lemon, non oak or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or citrus fruit.
In the mouth of Calamin is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 28 estates and châteaux in the of Calamin, producing 33 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Calamin go well with generally quite well with dishes of poultry, lean fish or mild and soft cheese.
News from the vineyard of Calamin
UK wine harvest 2022: ‘Exceptional’ fruit excites producers
Optimism is high around the UK wine harvest in 2022, even if winemakers are generally reluctant to fully ‘call’ a vintage so early in the process. ‘So far quality has been excellent,’ said Simon Roberts, head winemaker at Ridgeview in Sussex, southern England. ‘We are heading for one of Ridgeview’s biggest harvests ever, possibly topping the record 2018 vintage. The fruit is tasting exceptional,’ he added. ‘Excitingly it looks like a particularly good year for Chardonnay.’ One of the ...
Champagne glass pyramid sets new world record
At 8.23 metres tall (27ft), a three-sided pyramid made from 54,740 Champagne coupes has officially set a new Guinness World Record for the ‘largest drinking glass pyramid’. A specialist team spent five days between Christmas and New Year delicately constructing the wine glass tower at luxury Dubai resort Atlantis, The Palm, which announced the news. It said the attempt was co-organised by Moët & Chandon, as part of Champagne house’s ‘Effervescence’ event series. Guinness Wo ...
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 ...