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: Aglianico

A very old grape variety grown in Italy, some believe it to be of Greek origin. In France, it is practically unknown. It can be found in Australia, the United States (California), Argentina, etc. It should not be confused with Aglianicone, another grape variety grown in Italy, which is, however, very similar to Aglianico.

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 sweet and sour turkish dumpling soup (eksili köfte), tunisian macaroni or rabbit with mushrooms.

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

Russia & Ukraine: A statement from the DWWA

Following the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the Decanter World Wine Awards will be cancelling the entries for any Russian wineries which have entered the competition, and their wines will not be judged. As a gesture of support for our Ukrainian entrants, we will be waiving their fees. We realise that the world’s winemakers have more that unites than divides them, but we feel we have to make a stand. All of us at Decanter and the DWWA are hoping and praying for a peaceful resolution to th ...

A new level of identity for Canary Island wines

“Origen 1989” by Bodega el Lomo is a wine made from the certified parcel of, “Los Laureles”, a 12ha vineyard at 600m of altitude that holds centenary bush vines. It’s the first wine certified under this new system, having just arrived to market this month with others to come in the near future. While the DO Islas Canarias covers the entire territory of these eight Spanish islands off the western coast of Africa, there are 10 other DOs that govern the wines of certai ...

Verona to be home to Italy’s largest wine museum and visitor centre

Known to wine enthusiasts for one of the world’s best known annual wine fairs, Vinitaly, Verona is about to host a poli-functional wine museum and visitor centre that promises to rival similar enterprises in Bordeaux and Porto. The Museo del Vino (MuVin) project was officially unveiled at Vinitaly earlier this month, with the endorsement of Italian tourism minister Massimo Garavaglia, Roberta Garibaldi of Italy’s national tourism agency, and Prof Diego Begalli, director of the department of busi ...