Top 100 red wines of London
Discover the top 100 best red wines of London of London as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of London and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of London
The wine region of London is located in the region of England of United Kingdom. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Forty Hall or the Domaine Carolina Fonseca Lopez produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of London are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of London often reveals types of flavors of brioche, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit.
In the mouth of London is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble. We currently count 12 estates and châteaux in the of London, producing 36 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of London go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish.
News from the vineyard of London
British Duo Charged with Duping US Wine Investors in $99m Ponzi Scheme
Stephen Burton, 57, and Andrew Fuller, 55, face up to 20 years behind bars if they are convicted of duping the collectors. They set up a company called Bordeaux Cellars to conduct the alleged scam. It offered investors the chance to earn high returns by making collateralised loans secured against rare bottles of the world’s finest wines, including Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Screaming Eagle. However, the returns were ‘too good to be true’, according to court papers filed in New York by US di ...
International Beaujolais Nouveau Day
Although Cru Beaujolais has been having its moment in the sun for a few years now, its younger, lighter-bodied ‘nouveau’ cousin is coming back into its own. How Beaujolais Nouveau Day started The tradition of Beaujolais Nouveau dates back to the 1800s. Winemakers would bottle their just-fermented wine, produced from grapes harvested just a few months prior, an unusually tight timeframe in winemaking terms. This occasion called for a massive celebration among Beaujolais-based vigneron ...
The Macallan launches 81-year-old whisky
The spirit was filled into a single ex-Sherry cask at the Speyside distillery in 1940, shortly before The Second World War forced The Macallan to close for the first time in its history. Bottled at 41.6% abv, only 288 decanters are available worldwide, featuring eye-catching packaging: a mouth-blown glass decanter sitting on a bronze sculpture of three hands, created by Scottish artist Saskia Robinson. The hands represent the distillery workers of 1940 who made the whisky; former Macallan chairm ...