Wines made from Allegro grapes of Dealu Mare

Discover the best wines made with Allegro as a single variety or as a blend of Dealu Mare.

More informations about the variety Allegro

Interspecific cross between chancellor and rondo obtained in 1983 and in Germany by Ernst Rühl.

More informations about the region of Dealu Mare

Dealu Mare DOC is a wine region located in the southern Part of Romania in Prahova and Buzau counties. It’s latitude of 45° compares with Bordeaux and Tuscany, and is one of the countries most highly regarded DOCs, especially for its red wines. The Vineyard zone stretches for 65 kilometers (40 miles) across the southern Carpathian Hills (Dealu Mare translates as Big Hill). Its width ranges from 3 to 12 kilometers (2-7.

What are the typical flavors of the Allegro grape variety?

News about the grape variety Allegro

The power of music: How Brahms might make your wine taste better

There’s a reason why heavily-applied perfume ranks highly on most wine lovers’ list of pet peeves. It overpowers your senses, conceals aromas and distorts your perception of a wine. In professional tastings and wine exams the wearing of perfume is banned, if not thoroughly frowned upon. You just don’t do it. What then, if we applied the same logic to music, controlling the sounds we hear, or don’t hear, while tasting wine? There’s no doubt that a chaotic environment can clog your synapses, makin ...

Latvia’s Raimonds Tomsons named world’s best sommelier

More than 4,000 wine professionals and enthusiasts gathered in the French capital to watch the world’s best sommeliers vie for glory. Local favourite Pascaline Lepeltier, a Master Sommelier from Anjou, was eliminated at the semi-final stage, leaving just three experts to battle for the title. Tomsons was up against Nina Jensen of Denmark and China’s Reeze Choi, all of whom were put through their paces in a series of tasks designed to test their knowledge, tasting skills, service acumen and abili ...

Bollinger Group purchases Château d’Etroyes in Burgundy

The company made its first foray into the region when it snapped up Domaine Chanson in Beaune back in 1999. It has now returned to acquire Château d’Etroyes, which owns some of the best plots of land in Mercurey and Rully, located in the heart of the Côte Chalonnaise. The acquisition is designed to complement the wine offering of Domaine Chanson, which produces exclusively premiers and grand crus in the Côte de Beaune. Étienne Bizot, chairman and CEO of the Bollinger Group, said Burgundy is ‘one ...