The Continental Divide Winery of California

Continental Divide Winery - Albariño
The winery offers 28 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California

The Continental Divide Winery is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 28 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Continental Divide Winery wines

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

The top white wines of Continental Divide Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Continental Divide Winery

How Continental Divide Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of green lentils strasbourg style, sea bream in foil on the barbecue or chipirons / squids with tomato (basque country).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Continental Divide Winery

In the mouth the white wine of Continental Divide Winery. is a powerful.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Continental Divide Winery.

  • Albariño
  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Riesling
  • Symphony

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 Continental Divide Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Continental Divide Winery

How Continental Divide Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables, pizza calzone with ham and mushrooms or forest rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Continental Divide Winery

On the nose the red wine of Continental Divide Winery. often reveals types of flavors of earth, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Continental Divide Winery. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Continental Divide Winery

  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.89/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Continental Divide Winery.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Zinfandel
  • Petit Verdot

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top pink wines of Continental Divide Winery

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Continental Divide Winery

How Continental Divide Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of ramen burger, lamb sweetbreads with white wine and sorrel cream or moroccan kefta balls.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Continental Divide Winery.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

The word of the wine: Extraction

All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.

The top sweet wines of Continental Divide Winery

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Continental Divide Winery

How Continental Divide Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Continental Divide Winery

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 Continental Divide Winery.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Continental Divide Winery and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

California sustainability: latest developments and innovations

In the produce aisle of most US supermarkets, choices are clear: the organic section is to the right, or at the very least, organic items are identified on packaging or shelf-talkers. Shoppers willing to pay a few cents more per pound for broccoli grown without synthetic chemicals know where to reach. In the wine aisle? Not so much. There’s more than a bit of confusion, to date at least, with little-understood labels announcing wines are certified sustainable or made from organic grapes. Scroll ...

Burge is back in Krondorf winery – for the third time

The Krondorf facility is where Burge’s enigmatic wine empire began in 1978, when he created the successful Krondorf Wines label in partnership with the late Ian Wilson. After selling the Krondorf brand to Mildara Blass Wines, he bought the winery site to establish Grant Burge Wines in 1988, a label that grew to produce 750,000 dozen wines a year and turn over $70m. Grant Burge Wines is a brand now owned by Accolade Wines, having been sold by Burge and his wife Helen in January 2015 [announcement ...

The word of the wine: Extraction

All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.