The wine region of Snipes Mountain is located in the region of Yakima Valley of Washington of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine K Vintners or the Domaine Latta produce mainly wines red, white and natural sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Snipes Mountain are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Mourvèdre and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Snipes Mountain often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
In the mouth of Snipes Mountain is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 25 estates and châteaux in the of Snipes Mountain, producing 47 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Snipes Mountain go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
The project was devised by FIS president Franco Maria Ricci and officially unveiled last week in Rome at the Foundation’s latest annual International Wine Culture Forum. ‘About four months ago I thought we should do some proper experiments to understand what happens to wine and vines in space. Eventually, I decided that this year’s FIS Forum had to be dedicated entirely to this subject,’ Ricci told Decanter. ‘My idea would be to understand if the vine can live and survive in space (and eve ...
Acker announced in September that it had sold a six-litre bottle of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s (DRC) ‘Romanée-Conti’ 2002 at a Hong Kong auction for nearly HK$3.1m (US$398,400). However, it’s understood that the sale of the bottle was subsequently cancelled. Doubts about the wine’s authenticity have been raised by lawyer and wine fraud expert Don Cornwell on the Wine Beserkers website. He also expressed concerns about another wine, a six-litre bottle of DRC Romanée-Conti 2000, which was origi ...
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