The flavor of brown butter in wine of Don Valley

Discover the of Don Valley wines revealing the of brown butter flavor during the olphactive analysis (nose) and during the gustative analysis (mouth).

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The wine region of Don Valley of Russia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Фантом (Phantom) or the Винодельня Ведерниковъ (Vedernikov Winery) produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Don Valley are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Saperavi and Riesling, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Don Valley often reveals types of flavors of citrus, plum or smoke and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, tobacco or strawberries.

We currently count 19 estates and châteaux in the of Don Valley, producing 153 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Don Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

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Wartime Cognac

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 ...

Ukraine winery’s mission to deliver bottles to DWWA

Amid the devastation and turmoil since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, Beykush winery on southern Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast has been among those attempting to continue operations as much as possible. Last week, Beykush began transporting thousands of wines to western Ukraine in order to protect them for possible export to other markets, winery director Svetlana Tsybak told Decanter. ‘Yesterday we sent three palettes, about 1,200 bottles, and today the same quantity,’ she said. She also s ...

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 ...