The best wines of Alabama
Discover the best wines of Alabama as well as the best winemakers of Alabama and estates of Alabama to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Alabama and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Top wines of Alabama by region
Looking for a good wine of Alabama among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Alabama. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Alabama with technical and enological descriptions.
Great red wines of Alabama
See the top 100 best red wines of AlabamaWant to buy a red wine of Alabama cheap or sell a red wine of Alabama 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 Alabama
Red wines from the region of Alabama go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of millet with gruyere cheese, tunisian haja or bites of cheese.
The most used grape varieties in red wine of Alabama
- Muscadine
- Nebbiolo
Discovering the wine region of Alabama
Alabama is a state in the DeepSouth of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the west and Georgia to the east. Although there has never been a significant wine industry in Alabama, there are a small but growing number of winemakers who produce wines from the muscadine family of grapes native to this Part of the United States.
The state covers 135,500 square miles, from the Gulf of Mexico to the southern foothills of the Appalachian mountain range. It is on this higher ground, North of the city of Birmingham, that most of Alabama's vineyards are grown.
Here, the cooler Climate is more forgiving to the vines, which struggle to cope with the hot, humid environment of the southern part of the state.
In these elevated vineyards, growers are experimenting with both Hybrid and vinifera varieties, although they must carefully choose the site and viticultural techniques to get the most out of the grapes. Plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Muscat are increasing throughout Alabama, joining thick-skinned Muscadine grapes.
Pierce's disease and downy mildew have been major problems in Alabama vineyards.
Great white wines of Alabama
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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Alabama
White wines from the region of Alabama go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of stuffed tomatoes, lasagne with two salmons or homemade pork curry.
Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Alabama
On the nose the white wine of the region of Alabama. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit.
The most used grape varieties in white wine of Alabama
- Muscadine
- Riesling
Discover the grape variety: Riesling
White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.
Great sweet wines of Alabama
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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Alabama
Sweet wines from the region of Alabama go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Alabama
- Niagara
The word of the wine: Hautain (en)
Pruning of the vine in height.
News from the vineyard of Alabama
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