The wine region of Potter Valley is located in the region of Mendocino County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Chateau Montelena or the Domaine McFadden Vineyard produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Potter Valley are Pinot noir, Riesling and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Potter Valley often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, oak or spices.
In the mouth of Potter Valley is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 19 estates and châteaux in the of Potter Valley, producing 40 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Potter Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food.
Springtime brings the so-called ‘Caldaia di Maggio’ to Barolo, a noise similar to a kettle simmering that is caused by evaporating water in the soils. This year, however, it’s unlikely that this phenomenon will occur. Drought is affecting the entire north of Italy; predominantly the Langhe but also Valpolicella and Franciacorta. Not even Tuscany is spared. The vineyards are lacking the reserves of water that their soils usually contain at this time of year. Winter passed without snow in almost a ...
In 2001, George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States. Meanwhile in the UK, Tony Blair led the Labour Party to its second landslide victory. A lot can change over the course of 20 years. According to many Rhône winemakers and wine collectors, this is how long a bottle of Hermitage should lay undisturbed until you open it. Is it really worth the wait? I recently tasted 11 Hermitage 2001s – seven red, two white, two sweet – to test the 20 year hypothesis and see how these ...
The situation has been developing for a long time. But the potentially explosive elements are growing in intensity and coming together as if by some invisible magnetic force. In 2011, Regulation No. 1169 (which amended earlier regulations going back to 2006) was adopted in European Parliament calling for a system to provide food nutrition information to consumers. Shortly thereafter, the French Ministry of Health instructed Santé Publique France, the national public health agency, to create a co ...
