The best wines of Netherlands
Discover the best wines of Netherlands as well as the best winemakers of Netherlands and estates of Netherlands to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Netherlands and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Top wines of Netherlands by region
Looking for a good wine of Netherlands among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Netherlands. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Netherlands with technical and enological descriptions.
Great red wines of Netherlands
See the top 100 best red wines of NetherlandsWant to buy a red wine of Netherlands cheap or sell a red wine of Netherlands at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.
Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Netherlands
Red wines from the region of Netherlands go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of meatballs catalan style, coconut from paimpol or venison stew to be prepared the day before.
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Netherlands
On the nose the red wine of the region of Netherlands. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
The best vintages in red wine of Netherlands
- 2018With an average score of 3.97/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.91/5
- 2010With an average score of 3.89/5
- 2019With an average score of 3.88/5
- 2012With an average score of 3.77/5
- 2016With an average score of 3.77/5
The most used grape varieties in red wine of Netherlands
- Pinot Noir
- Cabernet Cortis
- Regent
- Monarch
- Dornfelder
- Pinotin
The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Netherlands
A wine route planned in the region of Netherlands? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Netherlands.
- Winery St. Martinus Limburg
- Winery Wijngaardsberg Limburg
- Winery Wijngoed Thorn Limburg
- Winery Nekum Limburg
- Château Gilbert Limburg
- Winery Fromberger Limburg
- Winery De Koen West Friesland
- Winery Landgoed Overst Limburg
- Winery Wijnerij Belaeving - Belvinage Limburg
- Winery Raar Saint Remi – Familie Claessens Wijnen Limburg
- Winery Wijndomein Stokhem Limburg
- Winery Betuws Wijndomein Gelderland
- Winery Wyndomein de Heidepleats West Friesland
- Winery Wijndomein de Planck Limburg
- Winery Karakterwijn West Friesland
- Winery Hof Detharding Gelderland
- Winery Wijngoed Gelders Laren Gelderland
- Winery Sjtejneberg Limburg
- Domaine Salamander Limburg
- Winery Saalhof Wognum
Discovering the wine region of Netherlands
The Netherlands is a country in Northern Europe, often referred to as "Holland". The latter is the name of the former county in the western Netherlands where the key cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague are located.
Holland is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which includes Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, its overseas island territories in the Caribbean. To complicate matters further, the demonym for the Netherlands is "Dutch".
The country is bordered by Belgium to the South, Germany to the east and the Nordzee (North Sea) to the north and west.
Historically, the Dutch produced very little wine - the conditions were simply too cool and wet. A few pioneers established vineyards in the 1970s, and were generally regarded as eccentrics, both at home and abroad.
But viticulture has become increasingly viable due to Climate change.
The hot summer of 2018 produced the best wines produced to date, with record yields.
Today, the wines are gaining recognition at international wine shows. The most successful estates, such as Apostelhoeve in Limburg (one of the pioneers), are selling their wines rapidly. The sector benefits from a strong demand for cool climate wines.
Great white wines of Netherlands
See the top 100 best white wines of NetherlandsWant to buy a white wine of Netherlands cheap or sell a white wine of Netherlands at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.
Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Netherlands
White wines from the region of Netherlands go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of marinated raw salmon ('gravad lax' in swedish), mi sao or comté cheese and cream soufflé.
Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Netherlands
On the nose the white wine of the region of Netherlands. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, mango or asparagus and sometimes also flavors of orange, grass or hay.
The best vintages in white wine of Netherlands
- 2020With an average score of 4.06/5
- 2019With an average score of 4.03/5
- 2018With an average score of 3.97/5
- 2009With an average score of 3.87/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.83/5
- 2016With an average score of 3.81/5
The most used grape varieties in white wine of Netherlands
- Pinot Gris
- Auxerrois
- Riesling
- Müller-Thurgau
- Solaris
- Johanniter
The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Netherlands
A wine route planned in the region of Netherlands? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Netherlands.
- Winery Apostelhoeve Limburg
- Winery Wijngoed Thorn Limburg
- Winery Nekum Limburg
- Winery Betuws Wijndomein Gelderland
- Winery Landgoed Overst Limburg
- Winery Colonjes Gelderland
- Winery Wijngaardsberg Limburg
- Winery Domein Steenberg Limburg
- Winery Wijndomein de Planck Limburg
- Winery Hakenberg Gelderland
- Winery Raar Saint Remi – Familie Claessens Wijnen Limburg
- Winery Vinea Cura Limburg with Bram van Heijningen as winemaker
- Winery Aan de Breede Beek Gelderland
- Winery Heerenhuys D'r Pley Limburg
- Winery Le Coq Frisé Limburg
- Winery Fromberger Limburg
- Domaine des Chauves Souris Limburg
- Winery Wijndomein Stokhem Limburg
- Winery St. Martinus Limburg
- Winery Wijngaard Villa Hehum Gelderland
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet blanc
Interspecific cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and a long-unknown grape variety - that would be Regent - obtained in 1991 by Valentin Blattner from Soyhières (Switzerland) and propagated by Volker Freytag (Germany). No resistance gene has been identified to either mildew or powdery mildew. Cabernet blanc can be found in Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Italy, England, etc., but is still little known in France.
Great sparkling wines of Netherlands
See the top 100 best sparkling wines of NetherlandsWant to buy a sparkling wine of Netherlands cheap or sell a sparkling wine of Netherlands at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.
Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Netherlands
Sparkling wines from the region of Netherlands go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of potato and smoked salmon gratin, creamy tomato squid or raclette with 8 cheeses.
Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Netherlands
On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Netherlands. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, non oak or microbio.
The best vintages in sparkling wine of Netherlands
- 2011With an average score of 4.40/5
- 2018With an average score of 4.02/5
- 2016With an average score of 3.91/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.91/5
- 2019With an average score of 3.86/5
- 2015With an average score of 3.82/5
The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Netherlands
- Souvignier Gris
- Chardonnay
- Riesling
- Cabernet Blanc
- Johanniter
- Pinot Gris
The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Netherlands
A wine route planned in the region of Netherlands? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Netherlands.
- Winery Apostelhoeve Limburg
- Winery Domein Holset Limburg
- Winery Domein Aldenborgh Limburg
- Winery Wijngaard Raarberg Limburg
- Winery Fromberger Limburg
- Winery De Frysling West Friesland
- Winery St. Martinus Limburg
- Winery Landgoed Overst Limburg
- Winery Wijngoed Thorn Limburg
- Winery Aan de Breede Beek Gelderland
- Winery St Pieter Limburg
- Winery Nekum Limburg
- Winery De Koen West Friesland
- Winery Wijngaardsberg Limburg
- Winery Wijngaard De Daalgaard Gelderland
- Domaine Salamander Limburg
- Winery Achterhoekse Gelderland
- Winery Betuws Wijndomein Gelderland
- Winery Saalhof Wognum
- Winery Colonjes Gelderland
The word of the wine: Groslot
See grolleau.
Great pink wines of Netherlands
See the top 100 best pink wines of NetherlandsWant to buy a pink wine of Netherlands cheap or sell a pink wine of Netherlands at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.
Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Netherlands
Pink wines from the region of Netherlands go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of traditional veal stew, endive frichti or rabbit leg in foil on the barbecue.
Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Netherlands
On the nose the pink wine of the region of Netherlands. often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, spices or red fruit.
The best vintages in pink wine of Netherlands
- 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
- 2018With an average score of 3.75/5
- 2013With an average score of 3.66/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.65/5
- 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
- 2019With an average score of 3.35/5
The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Netherlands
- Pinot Noir
- Regent
- Cabernet Colonjes
- Pinotin
- Cabernet Cortis
- Rondo
The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Netherlands
A wine route planned in the region of Netherlands? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Netherlands.
- Winery Nekum Limburg
- Winery Colonjes Gelderland
- Winery Wijngoed Gelders Laren Gelderland
- Winery Wijngoed Thorn Limburg
- Winery St. Martinus Limburg
- Winery Wijngaardsberg Limburg
- Winery Fromberger Limburg
- Winery De Frysling West Friesland
- Winery Wijndomein Stokhem Limburg
- Winery Landgoed Overst Limburg
- Winery Wijndomein de Planck Limburg
- Winery Wijngaard Zuid Veluwe Gelderland
- Winery De Koen West Friesland
- Winery Hof Te Dieren Gelderland
- Winery Achterhoekse Gelderland
Discover the grape variety: Rondo
An interspecific cross between Zarya Severa (Sayanets Malengra x Amurensis) - a Russian variety - and Saint Laurent, obtained in 1964 by Vilem Kraus (Czech Republic) and then tested at the Geisenheim Research Institute (Germany). It can be found in Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, England, Ireland and Switzerland, but is virtually unknown in France.
Great sweet wines of Netherlands
See the top 100 best sweet wines of NetherlandsWant to buy a sweet wine of Netherlands cheap or sell a sweet wine of Netherlands at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.
Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Netherlands
Sweet wines from the region of Netherlands go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style, mediterranean lamb necklace or express chicken skewers with spices.
Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Netherlands
On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Netherlands. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or tropical fruit.
The best vintages in sweet wine of Netherlands
- 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
- 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
- 2008With an average score of 4.06/5
- 2018With an average score of 3.95/5
- 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Netherlands
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Pinot Gris
- Muscardin
- Gewürztraminer
- Solaris
The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Netherlands
A wine route planned in the region of Netherlands? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Netherlands.
- Winery Wijngoed Thorn Limburg
- Winery Apostelhoeve Limburg
- Winery De Koen West Friesland
- Winery Nekum Limburg
- Winery Betuws Wijndomein Gelderland
- Winery Wijngoed Havelte Limburg
- Winery Ivar Wines Gelderland
The word of the wine: Cupbearer
Person in charge of choosing and serving wines. Old term for the sommelier.
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