Winery AmphoraeCancun Makura Merlot - Barbera

wine of Galilee of Israel

The Cancun Makura Merlot - Barbera of Winery Amphorae is a wine from the region of Galilee.
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The Cancun Makura Merlot - Barbera of the Winery Amphorae is in the top 0 of wines of Galilee.

Discover the grape variety: Millot Léon

Interspecific crossing between the 101-14 Millardet and Grasset (vitis riparia X vitis rupestris) and the goldriesling obtained by Eugène Kühlmann (1858-1932) around 1911 and marketed around 1921. With these same parents, he obtained among others the Maréchal Foch. Léon Millot is still found in Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and England. In France, where it was grown for a long time in Alsace, it is no longer grown in the vineyards, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A.

Informations about the Winery Amphorae

The winery offers 44 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.

It is in the top 40 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Galilee

The Winery Amphorae is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in the of Galilee to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The wine region of Galilee

Galilee is an administrative and wine region in Northern Israel. Its name is perhaps most widely recognized in the context of Lake Galilee, via its associations with the Bible, but it is now steadily becoming known as a wine region. 'Water into wine' is not a New theme for the Galilee region as the story of the wedding at Cana, in which Jesus turns water into wine, is widely thought to have its origins here. The Galilee (Galil in Hebrew) is located in the northern most reach of the couunty, with Golan Heights to the east and the Coastal Plains to the west.

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