Wines made from Freisa grapes of Pinerolese
Discover the best wines made with Freisa as a single variety or as a blend of Pinerolese.
More informations about the variety Freisa
Most certainly from the Italian Piedmont. It is also found in Argentina. We have noted that this variety has a great resemblance with the nebbiolo, also from the Italian Piedmont. According to genetic analyses published in Switzerland, Freisa is a descendant of Viognier and a half-sister of Rèze.
More informations about the region of Piémont
The wine region of Pinerolese is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Le Marie or the Domaine Coutandin produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pinerolese are Chatus, Avana and Freisa, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pinerolese often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit.
What are the typical flavors of the Freisa grape variety?
News about the grape variety Freisa
Plan for major English winery development in Kent blocked
Medway councillors in Kent have voted against plans to build the ‘Kentish Wine Vault’ English winery on ‘green belt’ land located in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), surrounding the small village of Cuxton. Plans for the major winery development were submitted by Vineyard Farms Ltd, sister group of MDCV UK Ltd, which is controlled by Mark Dixon, the billionaire British businessman resident of Monaco. Designed by leading architecture group Foster &am ...
Seppeltsfield releases 1923 100-Year-Old Para Vintage Tawny
Following a tradition established by pioneer Barossa winemaker Benno Seppelt – who laid down a barrel of vintage fortified with instructions not to issue it for 100 years – the 1923 Para Centenary Tawny was released on 16 February 2023 to coincide with the day the Seppelt family moved into its western Barossa homestead on the Seppeltsfield property in 1851. While honouring and respecting history, Seppeltsfield has also broken with tradition this year by introducing new packaging it hopes is attu ...
Napa Valley wine pioneer Donald Hess dies aged 86
The entrepreneur, vintner and art collector was surrounded by family when he passed away at the age of 86. Hess was born in Switzerland back in 1936, and he inherited a brewery close to Bern from his father. He learned the brewing tradition as an apprentice in Bavaria, and he pioneered a successful new method for producing non-alcoholic beers. Hess sold the brewery and reinvested the proceeds in a mineral spring in Vals, a village close to the Italian border. He turned Valser into Switzerland’s ...