The wine region of Western Connecticut Highlands is located in the region of Connecticut of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Hopkins Vineyard or the Domaine Sunset Meadow produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Western Connecticut Highlands are Chardonnay, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Vidal blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Western Connecticut Highlands often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, microbio or red fruit.
We currently count 3 estates and châteaux in the of Western Connecticut Highlands, producing 19 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Western Connecticut Highlands go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food.
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) has received official approval from the Chinese government to resume its operation in mainland China following a year of suspended business activities at the end of January 2021. WSET has appointed Willa Yang as chief representative to head up its operations in China. Yang previously held leadership roles at Wine Australia’s China office and the Australian Trade Commission. In addition, supporting its return to business in mainland China, WSET announc ...
The new blend, jointly developed by Button and Taiwan-based drinks consultant George Koutsakis, is named after the historic process of designing and hand building the bodywork for a luxury car. It brings together malt and grain whiskies from the five main regions of Scotland: Islay, Campbeltown, Speyside, the Highlands and the Lowlands, before being married together and extra matured in ex-sherry casks and finally bottled at 46% Button, who also last year revived the fortunes of the formerly def ...
Northern Rhône 2020 overall rating: 4.5/5 A reliably fresh, balanced and approachable vintage – a return to classicism after a series of powerful years. Excellent white wines. Northern Rhône 2020 red wine of the vintage: Domaine Rostaing, La Côte Brune, Côte-Rôtie 2020 Northern Rhône 2020 white wine of the vintage: Domaine JL Chave, Hermitage 2020 The main features of the year were drought, heat and a very early harvest. Thankfully there were heavy rains in October, November and December 2019 w ...
