The wine region of Haw River Valley is located in the region of North Carolina of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Iron Gate Vineyards or the Domaine Grove produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Haw River Valley are Chambourcin, Sangiovese and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Haw River Valley often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
We currently count 3 estates and châteaux in the of Haw River Valley, producing 4 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Haw River Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison), spicy food or beef.
The French shipment of 600 bottles of De Haartman & Co Cognac – plus 15 boxes of Bénédictine liqueur – is believed to have been destined for Tsar Nicholas II, but was intercepted in the Baltic Sea and sunk by a German submarine in May 1917. Now Cognac house Birkedal Hartmann has refilled 300 of the recovered bottles with Cognac dating from the early 1900s, using packaging identical to the original, and is selling them for €9,000 each. The wreck of the SS Kyros was discovered by Swedish explo ...
Château Batailley 2021 was released en primeur this week at around €26.5 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, level with the debut price of the 2020-vintage release. Batailley 2021 was being offered by international merchants at £330 per 12 bottles in bond, said Liv-ex, which described it as ‘one of the best value [Batailley] wines on the market today’. Some analysts and merchants suggested the Pauillac estate had set a relatively positive tone for the Bordeaux en primeur campaign over the next f ...
The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...
