The best wines of Norway
Discover the best wines of Norway as well as the best winemakers of Norway and estates of Norway to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Norway and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Top wines of Norway by region
Looking for a good wine of Norway among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Norway. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Norway with technical and enological descriptions.
Great sparkling wines of Norway
See the top 100 best sparkling wines of NorwayWant to buy a sparkling wine of Norway cheap or sell a sparkling wine of Norway 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 Norway
Sparkling wines from the region of Norway go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Norway
On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Norway. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.
The best vintages in sparkling wine of Norway
- 2019With an average score of 2.80/5
The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Norway
- Solaris
The word of the wine: Venaison (taste of)
Wine aromas reminiscent of game (fur, leather, hare's belly).
Great pink wines of Norway
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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Norway
Pink wines from the region of Norway go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal roast casserole, roast pork with mustard and honey or blanquette of rabbit with riesling and chanterelles.
Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Norway
On the nose the pink wine of the region of Norway. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
The best vintages in pink wine of Norway
- 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
- 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
- 2020With an average score of 3.50/5
- 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Norway
- Rondo
- Solaris
- Pinot Noir
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 Norway
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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Norway
Sweet wines from the region of Norway go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Norway
On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Norway. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
The best vintages in sweet wine of Norway
- 2012With an average score of 4.30/5
- 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
- 2020With an average score of 4.00/5
The word of the wine: Champagne rosé
Often obtained by adding red wines (from Champagne), it is even the only vineyard where this practice is allowed. Some producers prefer the practice used in other regions, i.e. a short maceration to extract sufficient colouring matter. This results in winey rosés for meals. Elegant aperitif rosé is more often made from red wine coloured Chardonnay. Rosés can be vintage or non vintage.
News from the vineyard of Norway
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