The best wines of Riverside County

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

Top wines of Riverside County by region

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

Great red wines of Riverside County

See the top 100 best red wines of Riverside County

Want to buy a red wine of Riverside County cheap or sell a red wine of Riverside County 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 Riverside County

Red wines from the region of Riverside County go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of borscht (russia), lamb tagine with prunes and almonds or veal chops au gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Riverside County

On the nose the red wine of the region of Riverside County. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Riverside County. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in red wine of Riverside County

  • 2011With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.56/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.54/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.49/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Riverside County

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Zinfandel
  • Barbera

Discovering the wine region of Riverside County

The wine region of Riverside County is located in the region of South Coast of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Wiens Family Cellars or the Domaine Wiens Family Cellars produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Riverside County are Cabernet franc, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Malbec, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Riverside County often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

In the mouth of Riverside County is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 1 estates and châteaux in the of Riverside County, producing 9 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Riverside County go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal.

Great white wines of Riverside County

See the top 100 best white wines of Riverside County

Want to buy a white wine of Riverside County cheap or sell a white wine of Riverside County 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 Riverside County

White wines from the region of Riverside County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of vegetable planter, gratin of ravioli with salmon or rougail sausage.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Riverside County

On the nose the white wine of the region of Riverside County. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Riverside County. is a powerful.

The best vintages in white wine of Riverside County

  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Riverside County

  • Viognier
  • Fumé Blanc
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News from the vineyard of Riverside County

La Rioja Alta expands with ‘artisanal vineyard’ deals

Guillermo de Aranzabal Bittner, a director at La Rioja Alta, said the company had acquired 35ha of old vines, with a minimum age of 45 years, in the village of Elvillar at an average altitude of 600 metres. He also said La Rioja Alta would buy more old vines this year, bringing total ‘artisanal vineyard’ acquisitions to a minimum of 5oha, and potentially up to 75ha, by the end of 2022. ‘We are buying very old vineyards, pruned in the traditional way with very low production, some of which are fi ...

Bordeaux innovators: Meet the names to know

When I first visited Bordeaux, the sleepy landscape of turreted stone châteaux and vineyards seemed timeless, with traditions so well established you felt they would go on forever. But new energy in this famous wine region is visible and audible: bees buzz and sheep graze in organic vineyards; brand-new cellars brim with sustainable features and wine fermenting in trendy amphorae; unusual grapes are gaining attention; and the number of women in key roles keeps growing. Yoga among the vines is s ...

Sale of six-litre DRC wine ‘rescinded’ amid counterfeit concerns

Acker announced in September that it had sold a six-litre bottle of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s (DRC) ‘Romanée-Conti’ 2002 at a Hong Kong auction for nearly HK$3.1m (US$398,400). However, it’s understood that the sale of the bottle was subsequently cancelled. Doubts about the wine’s authenticity have been raised by lawyer and wine fraud expert Don Cornwell on the Wine Beserkers website. He also expressed concerns about another wine, a six-litre bottle of DRC Romanée-Conti 2000, which was origi ...