The wine region of Willow Creek is located in the region of Humboldt County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Heath Vineyards or the Domaine L'Aventure produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Willow Creek are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Willow Creek often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
In the mouth of Willow Creek is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 21 estates and châteaux in the of Willow Creek, producing 43 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Willow Creek go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal.
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Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast. Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...
Last chance: You can still buy tickets to watch this Château Angélus virtual masterclass and taste the wines, via the Decanter at Home series – book here Guiding us through this tasting was estate co-owner and CEO Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal, the eighth generation of the de Boüard family at Angélus. After a first career in London in the financial industry, de Boüard came back to St-Emilion, and the estate where she grew up, in 2012, and told us, ‘it is now my turn to write a new chapter in ...
