The best wines of Pacheco Pass

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

Top wines of Pacheco Pass by region

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

Great red wines of Pacheco Pass

See the top 100 best red wines of Pacheco Pass

Want to buy a red wine of Pacheco Pass cheap or sell a red wine of Pacheco Pass 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 Pacheco Pass

Red wines from the region of Pacheco Pass go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of salmon with cream sauce, duck breast with red fruits or rabbit with beer and mustard.

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Pacheco Pass

  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Pacheco Pass

The wine region of Pacheco Pass is located in the region of San Francisco Bay of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Casa de Fruta or the Domaine Casa de Fruta produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pacheco Pass are Pinot noir, Merlot and Gewurztraminer, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. We currently count 1 estates and châteaux in the of Pacheco Pass, producing 3 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.

The wines of Pacheco Pass go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Great white wines of Pacheco Pass

See the top 100 best white wines of Pacheco Pass

Want to buy a white wine of Pacheco Pass cheap or sell a white wine of Pacheco Pass 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 Pacheco Pass

White wines from the region of Pacheco Pass go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of croziflette, leek and salmon lasagna or indian style coral lentils.

The best vintages in white wine of Pacheco Pass

  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Pacheco Pass

  • Gewürztraminer

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News from the vineyard of Pacheco Pass

Wine lover: The climate needs you!

Kimberly Nicholas PhD (@KA_Nicholas) is a sustainability scientist at Lund University, and author of Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World  Our 2020 research found that how fast we succeed at stopping warming will determine how much of the wine-growing regions and their characteristic varieties we love will remain in our lifetimes.  Changing to warmer-climate varieties can help limit losses, but there are limits to adaptation.  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ...

Decanter magazine latest issue: March 2022

Inside the March 2022 issue of Decanter Magazine: FEATURES: New Spanish whites David Williams’ A to X guide to 10 key producers and wines in Spain’s developing white scene Making wine in Spain Self-confessed ‘nomadic winemaker’ Darren Smith on the irresistible allure of Spain Producer profile: Francisco Barona Driving tractors at 12, now making top Ribera del Duero. By Tim Atkin MW Vintage preview: northern Rhône 2020 Another hot year, but there is freshness and top quality to be found. Matt Wa ...

Record sales for Burgundy’s Hospices de Nuits 2022 auction

Total sales at the Hospices de Nuits-St-Georges 2022 auction reached €2.49m ($2.74m) from 109 ‘pièces‘ of wines from the Burgundy 2021 vintage, said organisers. Held on Sunday 20 March, sales rose by nearly 30% on last year’s auction, which hit €1.9m from 114 pièces of 2020-vintage wines. One pièce is equivalent to 288 bottles. Sales were €1.6m back in 2020, and this year’s record total is more evidence of Burgundy’s strong momentum on the fine wine market. It also suggests the annua ...