The best wines of West Friesland

Discover the best wines of West Friesland as well as the best winemakers of West Friesland and estates of West Friesland to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of West Friesland and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of West Friesland by region

Looking for a good wine of West Friesland among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of West Friesland. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of West Friesland with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of West Friesland

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Want to buy a red wine of West Friesland cheap or sell a red wine of West Friesland 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 West Friesland

Red wines from the region of West Friesland go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of escalope cordon bleu, suckling pig leg in the oven or rabbit with mustard in a casserole.

The best vintages in red wine of West Friesland

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.38/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of West Friesland

  • Rondo
  • Marechal Foch
  • Cabernet Cortis
  • Pinot Noir

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of West Friesland

A wine route planned in the region of West Friesland? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of West Friesland.

Discovering the wine region of West Friesland

The wine region of West Friesland of Netherlands. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine De Frysling or the Domaine De Koen produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of West Friesland are Souvignier gris, Johanniter and Rondo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of West Friesland often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit.

We currently count 5 estates and châteaux in the of West Friesland, producing 18 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of West Friesland go well with generally quite well with dishes .

Great white wines of West Friesland

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of West Friesland

White wines from the region of West Friesland go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of chicken blanquette, bacalhau a bras (portuguese cod) or hawaiian pizza.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of West Friesland

On the nose the white wine of the region of West Friesland. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit.

The best vintages in white wine of West Friesland

  • 2014With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of West Friesland

  • Johanniter
  • Souvignier Gris
  • Solaris
  • Cabernet Cortis
  • Riesling

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of West Friesland

A wine route planned in the region of West Friesland? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of West Friesland.

Discover the grape variety: Johanniter

An interspecific cross between Riesling and FR 589-54 (Seyve-Villard 12481 x (pinot gris or rülander x chasselas or gutedel)) obtained in Germany in 1968 by Johannes Zimmermann. It has the particularity of having only one gene for resistance to mildew and powdery mildew. This variety can be found in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, etc. In France, it is practically unknown. Note that the "Johanniter" grape variety is a protected trademark.

Great sparkling wines of West Friesland

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Want to buy a sparkling wine of West Friesland cheap or sell a sparkling wine of West Friesland 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 West Friesland

Sparkling wines from the region of West Friesland go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of West Friesland

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of West Friesland. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of West Friesland

  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of West Friesland

  • Johanniter
  • Souvignier Gris

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of West Friesland

A wine route planned in the region of West Friesland? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of West Friesland.

The word of the wine: Draft liquor

Liqueur composed of sugar dissolved in wine, used for the dosage of sparkling wines made by the traditional method. It is also known as "liqueur d'expédition" or "liqueur de dosage".

Great pink wines of West Friesland

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of West Friesland

Pink wines from the region of West Friesland go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of West Friesland

  • Pinotin
  • Rondo

Discover the grape variety: Pinotin

Swiss interspecific cross obtained in 1991 by Valentin Blattner. The parents would be pinot noir and an interspecific variety resistant to diseases and, for others, it would be a cross between cabernet-sauvignon and ((sylvaner x riesling) x (12 417 Seyve-Villard x 7053 Seibel)) see graph www.winogrona.org. No resistance gene could be identified for either mildew or powdery mildew. It can be found in Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, ... still little known in France.

Great sweet wines of West Friesland

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of West Friesland

Sweet wines from the region of West Friesland go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of West Friesland

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of West Friesland. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of West Friesland

  • Muscardin

The word of the wine: Structure

Refers to both the structure and the overall constitution of a wine.

News from the vineyard of West Friesland

Sales of English and Welsh wine soared in 2021

That represents a 69% increase on the 5.5 million bottles sold in 2019, highlighting the exponential growth the industry has enjoyed in recent years. Brits account for 96% of the sales, but demand is increasing in export markets too. English and Welsh wines have proved particularly popular in Scandinavia, with exports to Norway rising by 85% year-on-year in 2021. In the UK, more than half of the sales are direct-to-consumer, either via the cellar door or a winery’s website. However, sales in sup ...

Ukraine winery owner urges Europe’s vintners to host refugees

Eugene Shneyderis, founder of Beykush winery on the Black Sea coast in southern Ukraine, said he was keen to reach out to vineyard estate owners who may have the space to host refugees. More than three million people have fled the war in Ukraine since Russia began its invasion on 24 February, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR. Shneyderis, 49, lives in Spain with his family and said he was inspired by the story of a nearby wine company in Penedes, which was using accommodation ...

WSET returns to mainland China

The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) has received official approval from the Chinese government to resume its operation in mainland China following a year of suspended business activities at the end of January 2021. WSET has appointed Willa Yang as chief representative to head up its operations in China. Yang previously held leadership roles at Wine Australia’s China office and the Australian Trade Commission. In addition, supporting its return to business in mainland China, WSET announc ...

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