The wine region of Fauquier County is located in the region of Virginia of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pearmund or the Domaine Pearmund produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Fauquier County are Petit Verdot, Cabernet franc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Fauquier County often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, non oak or earth.
We currently count 2 estates and châteaux in the of Fauquier County, producing 6 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Fauquier County go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or pork.
Ardbeg single malt whisky, based on the southern shores of Scotland’s island of Islay, has recently unveiled Fon Fhòid: the latest in a number of highly unusual experiments. Back in 2014, the distillery team lead by whisky creator, Dr Bill Lumsden and former distillery manager, Mickey Heads (now retired) took the highly unusual approach of burying two already matured casks of Ardbeg underneath the peat bogs themselves, (burning peat smoke is normally used to dry the malted barley during producti ...
Château La Tour Carnet said it will expose an experimental vineyard to artificially higher temperatures to replicate some of the conditions the Bordeaux 2050 vintage may face due to climate change. It’s part of the ‘Oracle’ project at the fourth growth estate, which is among those in Bordeaux seeking to understand how well classic grape varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot can adapt to climate change. At La Tour Carnet, warming cables more commonly used in aeroplanes will be employed thi ...
The W/O (standing for ‘without’) Frappato 2020 – an organic Sicilian red – is packaged in a bottle made with ‘wild’ glass (the name bottle manufacturer Estal has given to its 100% recycled glass). The launch, which forms part of the company’s pledge to become Net Zero and halve its carbon footprint by 2030, marked a ‘UK first for wine’, according to the online wine merchant. It follows a recent audit commissioned from EcoAct – a specialist company advising on sustainability, which sh ...
