The wine region of San Antonio Valley is located in the region of Monterey County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Line Shack or the Domaine Line Shack produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of San Antonio Valley are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Touriga nacional and Tempranillo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of San Antonio Valley often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of oak, non oak or spices.
In the mouth of San Antonio Valley is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 18 estates and châteaux in the of San Antonio Valley, producing 36 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of San Antonio Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
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‘New’ is the second most popular word in any sales catalogue. (The first is ‘Free’.) We scribblers can’t resist it: it guarantees copy of one sort or another. Even in the slowly evolving world of wine, where the main ethos of the product is historical continuity, ‘new’ sells. To someone like me with a strong sense of history, not to mention conservative tastes, it can be a bit unsettling. It’s not really change that bothers me. There is always room for improvement. What can irritate me is change ...
In the last board meeting of 2021 for the regulatory council of DO Terra Alta, in Catalunya, Spain, a long list of changes was approved. The most prominent was the making of a very strict certification system for wines that are 100% Garnatxa Blanca given that it’s their flagship grape variety. But perhaps the most interesting item is a bit further down the list that allows certification for a type of wines that in Catalan are called “vins brisats”. The name refers to white wine ...
