The Winery Berryessa Gap of California

Winery Berryessa Gap - Albariño
The winery offers 21 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California
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The Winery Berryessa Gap is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 21 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Berryessa Gap wines

Looking for the best Winery Berryessa Gap wines in California among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Berryessa Gap wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Berryessa Gap wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Berryessa Gap

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Berryessa Gap

How Winery Berryessa Gap wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pasta carbonara almost like the real thing, salmon burger or seafood pie.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Berryessa Gap

On the nose the white wine of Winery Berryessa Gap. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Berryessa Gap. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Berryessa Gap.

  • Albariño
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Verdejo
  • Verdelho

Discovering the wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

With its mountains, valleys, plains and plateaus, California's topography is as Complex as its Climate, offering winemakers a bewildering array of terroirs. California wines have only gained worldwide recognition in recent decades (especially after the 1976 Paris ruling). However, the state's wine history goes back more than 200 years. European vines were first planted in the 18th century, when settlers and missionaries moved up and down the West Coast.

The top red wines of Winery Berryessa Gap

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Berryessa Gap

How Winery Berryessa Gap wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of sloth pork loin, couscous without couscous maker or moroccan chicken tagine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Berryessa Gap

On the nose the red wine of Winery Berryessa Gap. often reveals types of flavors of oak, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Berryessa Gap. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Berryessa Gap

  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.65/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Berryessa Gap.

  • Barbera
  • Durif
  • Malbec
  • Petite Sirah
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Tempranillo

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Berryessa Gap

Planning a wine route in the of California? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Berryessa Gap.

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

News about Winery Berryessa Gap and wines from the region

First grapes picked in Napa Valley 2022 harvest

The Napa Valley 2022 harvest got underway in early August for some sparkling and white wine styles. ‘We had our earliest harvest ever, and started picking Sauvignon Blanc on Monday 1 August,’ said Stephanie Honig, of Honig Vineyard and Winery. ‘The fruit came from our grower partner Gordon Family Ranch, which is located in the southeast area of the Napa Valley appellation,’ said Honig, who is export director at the family-owned winery. Harvest typically begins with older ...

Rare Napa wine of Judgement of Paris fame sells for $12,000

Heritage Auctions said a single bottle of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ ‘SLV’ Cabernet Sauvignon 1973 – representing the Napa Valley red wine that beat top Bordeaux in the landmark 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting – fetched $12,300. That marks a new record auction price for the wine, said Heritage. It was sold to a bidder who wished to remain anonymous during an auction of nearly 4,000 wines from Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ ‘legacy collection’. Steven Spurrier’s 1976 Judge ...

San Luis Obispo Coast recognised as newest AVA

San Luis Obispo Coast was awarded on 9 March, 2022 by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The new AVA establishes a 97 kilometer-long strip along California that locals call SLO (slow) Coast, describing the Pacific Ocean’s influence on the area’s culture and lifestyle, terrain, and wines.  SLO Coast is located midway between two major California cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with Burgundy varieties making up a majority of San Luis Obispo Coast’s high-end wine pr ...

The word of the wine: Apyrene

Seedless grape.