The Winery Blue Sky of Illinois

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The winery offers 27 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 31 of the estates of Illinois.
It is located in Illinois

The Winery Blue Sky is one of the world's great estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in of Illinois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Blue Sky wines

Looking for the best Winery Blue Sky wines in Illinois among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Blue Sky 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 Blue Sky wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Blue Sky

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Blue Sky

How Winery Blue Sky wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discovering the wine region of Illinois

Illinois is a U. S. state located South of the Great Lakes region and bordered by Missouri to the west and Indiana to the east. The state is one of the fastest-growing wine producers in the United States; the number of wineries doubled in the late 1990s and now stands at over 100.

Illinois covers 150,000 square kilometers (58,000 square miles) between latitudes 36°N and 42°N, similar to northern California. However, the unpredictable and often Harsh winters of the Midwest mean that viticulture is not as widespread as in the key Californian regions of Napa Valley and Sonoma County. Most Illinois vineyards are located in the south, where they can take advantage of slightly warmer temperatures and increased exposure to sunlight. Illinois has a Long and successful wine-growing history dating back to the mid-19th century, when settlers planted grapes along the banks of the Mississippi River to make wine.

By the turn of the century, Illinois was the fourth largest wine-producing state in the United States. Like many states, this thriving wine industry was devastated by the advent of Prohibition in 1920, when most of Illinois' vineyards were uprooted in favor of grain crops.

The top red wines of Winery Blue Sky

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Blue Sky

How Winery Blue Sky wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison), spicy food or beef such as recipes of wild boar stew provencal style, shrimp in coconut milk curry or pasta al forno (baked pasta).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Blue Sky

On the nose the red wine of Winery Blue Sky. often reveals types of flavors of oak, earth or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Blue Sky

  • 2010With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Blue Sky.

  • Chambourcin
  • Norton
  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Ravat blanc

Interspecific crossing between Seibel 5474 (Seibel 405 x Seibel 867) and Chardonnay by Jean-François Ravat. After 1945, it was already considered a quality grape variety, and is now listed in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A1.

The top pink wines of Winery Blue Sky

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Blue Sky

How Winery Blue Sky wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Aromatic

Character of a wine that is particularly expressive and rich in aromas. Some grape varieties, such as Gewurztraminer or Muscat, produce very aromatic wines.

The top white wines of Winery Blue Sky

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Blue Sky

How Winery Blue Sky wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Blue Sky

On the nose the white wine of Winery Blue Sky. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Blue Sky.

  • Seyval Blanc
  • Traminette
  • Ravat Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Chambourcin

Chambourcin noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhône-Alpes valley). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). 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 large bunches of grapes of medium size. Chambourcin noir can be found in several vineyards: Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica.

The top sweet wines of Winery Blue Sky

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Blue Sky

How Winery Blue Sky wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Blue Sky.

  • Niagara

The word of the wine: Pressing

Mechanical action consisting of pressing the grapes (before fermentation for whites) or the marc soaked in wine (after fermentation for reds).

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Discover the grape variety: Seyval blanc

A relative of the Saint Pepin, this direct-producing hybrid is the result of an interspecific cross between 5656 Seibel and Ray d'Or (4986 Seibel) obtained in 1921 by the Seyve-Villard company, formerly based in Saint Vallier (Drôme). Seyval blanc is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A. It can be found in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, etc. It is practically non-existent in France and is in danger of disappearing.

News about Winery Blue Sky and wines from the region

Americans swindled in $13m wine investment scam

The authorities have charged Casey Alexander, who lives in the UK, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is accused of running three companies – Windsor Jones, Charles Winn and Vintage Whisky Casks – which obtained the phone numbers of elderly Americans and cold-called them. Investigators said the companies used ‘aggressive and deceptive tactics’ to convince people to wire them money, promising them huge returns. Windsor Jones’ website, which lists the company’s address as Wilmington, D ...

Luxury hotel tower to rise amid Seppeltsfield vineyard

Seppeltsfield proprietor and executive chairman Warren Randall said The Oscar Seppeltsfield luxury hotel and accompanying restaurant will be an icon of global importance for South Australia’s wine industry and will become ‘the most desirable epicurean destination for tourists worldwide’. Approval for construction of The Oscar Seppeltsfield was granted by the local Light Regional Council on 1 June, after a heated two-year dispute about the development. The original application to build The Oscar ...

DRC, rare 1874 Champagne lift Christie’s to record auction total

Christie’s said the bottle of Perrier-Jouët ‘Brut Millesimé’ from the ‘outstanding’ 1874 Champagne vintage sold for £42,875 ($56,981, €50,292), far outstripping its pre-sale high estimate of £15,000. The winning bidder will also get a VIP experience at Perrier-Jouët. It was part of a collection of rare vintages sourced directly from Maison Perrier-Jouët and 100% sold by Christie’s at a wider wine and spirits auction held in London on 2 and 3 December. While the 1874 bottle’s ap ...

The word of the wine: Aromatic

Character of a wine that is particularly expressive and rich in aromas. Some grape varieties, such as Gewurztraminer or Muscat, produce very aromatic wines.

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