Top 100 wines of Solano County

Discover the top 100 best wines of Solano County of North Coast as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Solano County and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Solano County

The wine region of Solano County is located in the region of North Coast of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Broc Cellars or the Domaine Broc Cellars produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Solano County are Zinfandel, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Sangiovese, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Solano County often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, vegetal or spices.

In the mouth of Solano County is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 12 estates and châteaux in the of Solano County, producing 23 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Solano County go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Solano County

wines from the region of Solano County go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of cataplana with seafood, mathieu's lamb tagine or country-style veal roulades with risotto.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Solano County

On the nose in the region of Solano County 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 in the region of Solano County is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

News from the vineyard of Solano County

Shirakawa 1958 single malt set for release

Shirakawa 1958 is the only official single malt bottling from the demolished distillery, and is also said to be the earliest single vintage Japanese whisky bottled to date, although part of its back story remains shrouded in mystery. The whisky was distilled at the Shirakawa distillery, located 200km north of Tokyo, in 1958, and survived an era when Shirakawa’s malt whisky was almost all used in owner Takara Shuzo’s flagship ‘King’ blend. Shirakawa was opened in Fukushima Prefecture by previous ...

English wines made by two MWs set for charity sale

Bottles of three different wines made by the two Masters of Wine in partnership with English producers will be part of the special charity sale this week, beginning on Thursday (25 November). All profits will go to the Marine Conservation Society, a charity that works to protect and restore the sea and its ecosystem, said Barrie and Richards. ‘We’re proud to be working with the Marine Conservation Society,’ said Susie Barrie MW. ‘English wine may have benefited in some regards from climate chang ...

The Macallan Horizon created in collaboration with Bentley Motors

The concept, developed by design teams from both companies, borrows ideas from the automotive world in its use of a horizontal, rather than vertical, bottle design, and in holding back some important information about the product to be released at a later date. Macallan master whisky maker Kirsteen Campbell has already finalised the liquid for Horizon, following a visit to Bentley’s headquarters in Crewe, but no details about the whisky, its price or its availability, will be released until earl ...

Top wines in regions and sub-regions of Solano County