Top 100 wines of California Shenandoah Valley

Discover the top 100 best wines of California Shenandoah Valley of Sierra Foothills as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of California Shenandoah Valley and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of California Shenandoah Valley

The wine region of California Shenandoah Valley is located in the region of Sierra Foothills of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine C. G. di Arie or the Domaine Easton produce mainly wines red, white and pink.

The most planted grape varieties in the region of California Shenandoah Valley are Zinfandel, Primitivo and Sangiovese, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of California Shenandoah Valley often reveals types of flavors of spices, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, earth or citrus fruit. In the mouth of California Shenandoah Valley is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth. We currently count 33 estates and châteaux in the of California Shenandoah Valley, producing 145 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.

The wines of California Shenandoah Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of California Shenandoah Valley

wines from the region of California Shenandoah Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, leg of lamb with baked potatoes or rabbit with prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of California Shenandoah Valley

On the nose in the region of California Shenandoah Valley often reveals types of flavors of spices, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, earth or citrus fruit. In the mouth in the region of California Shenandoah Valley is a powerful.

News from the vineyard of California Shenandoah Valley

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Azé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Azé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​ ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bussières

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Bussières, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

An overview of Saint-Véran appellation

Let’s have a look at Saint-Véran vineyard and discover the magnificent and very diverse landscapes of this appellation situated in the South of Bourgogne. Saint-Véran is one of the 5 Village appellations with Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Pouilly-Loché and Viré-Clessé. Like them, it produces only white wines from the Chardonnay grape. What makes it special is that the vineyard is cut in two dinstinct parts by the vineyard of Pouilly-Fuissé. As anywhere else in the vineyard in Bourgogn ...