Wines made from Dornfelder grapes of Switzerland
Discover the best wines made with Dornfelder as a single variety or as a blend of Switzerland.
More informations about the variety Dornfelder
German, intraspecific cross made in 1955 by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) between the helfensteiner and the heroldrebe (more details, click here!). With these same parents he also obtained the hegel. The Dornfelder can be found in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, United States, ... . Virtually unknown in France, we nevertheless recognize a certain interest in it due to its short phenological cycle and the quality of its wines, both rosé and red.
More informations about the wines of Switzerland
Switzerland may not be the most famous of wine-producing nations, but this small mountainous country in Western Europe has been producing wine for over two thousand years. The lack of awareness of Swiss wine is not due to a lack of quality or quantity, but to the fact that it is produced primarily for (and enjoyed by) the Swiss themselves. But things are slowly changing; the world beyond the Alps is now discovering the high quality of much of Switzerland's Grape/pinot">Pinot noir and white wines made from the country's flagship grape, Chasselas. High-end Vineyards can be found in almost every corner of the country, but the vast majority are in the Alpine Valais and around Lake Geneva, in La Côte and Vaud/lavaux">Lavaux.
What are the typical flavors of the Dornfelder grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 2% of Dornfelder
- Black fruitPresent in 2% of Dornfelder
News about the grape variety Dornfelder
Sussex wine producers celebrate after earning PDO status
Producers including Rathfinny, Ridgeview and Bolney embarked upon their quest to turn Sussex into an appellation back in 2015. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has now finally recognised Sussex wine as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). It will enter the register on 5 July, 2022, giving Sussex wine the same legal status as Jersey Royal potatoes, Cornish clotted cream and Stilton cheese. Mark Driver, the former hedge fund manager who set up Rathfinny Wine Estat ...
Walls: My top 10 Rhône wines of the year 2021
Of all the columns I’ve written this year, this one should have been the easiest to write: open my tasting notes file, sort by year 2021, sort by score, select the top ten highest scoring wines, copy and paste. Go to the pub. But it’s not that simple. Some wines are technically perfect and undeniably excellent, wines I respect greatly that deserve their high scores – but on a personal level, they leave me a little cold. Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores for Matt Walls’ top ...
Record sales for Burgundy’s Hospices de Nuits 2022 auction
Total sales at the Hospices de Nuits-St-Georges 2022 auction reached €2.49m ($2.74m) from 109 ‘pièces‘ of wines from the Burgundy 2021 vintage, said organisers. Held on Sunday 20 March, sales rose by nearly 30% on last year’s auction, which hit €1.9m from 114 pièces of 2020-vintage wines. One pièce is equivalent to 288 bottles. Sales were €1.6m back in 2020, and this year’s record total is more evidence of Burgundy’s strong momentum on the fine wine market. It also suggests the annua ...
Discover the best wines made with Dornfelder of Switzerland
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Aargau
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Eastern Switzerland
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Graubünden
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Luzern
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Neuchâtel
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Schaffhausen
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Schwyz
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of St. Gallen
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Thurgau
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Valais
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Vaud
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Zurcher Weinland
- The best wines made with Dornfelder grapes of Zürich