The Winery Crystal Ridge of California

Winery Crystal Ridge - Dornfelder
The winery offers 10 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 Winery Crystal Ridge is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Crystal Ridge wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Crystal Ridge

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Crystal Ridge

How Winery Crystal Ridge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef mironton, merguez with lentils or duck breast with honey and raspberry vinegar.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Crystal Ridge.

  • Dornfelder
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Sangiovese

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 white wines of Winery Crystal Ridge

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Crystal Ridge

How Winery Crystal Ridge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of coconut beans, pasta with tuna and cream or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Crystal Ridge.

  • Chardonnay
  • Vignoles

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Winery Crystal Ridge

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Crystal Ridge

How Winery Crystal Ridge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Crystal Ridge

  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5

The word of the wine: Astringency

Chemical stimulation that tightens the mucous membranes of the mouth and causes a sensation of harshness, which is characteristic of the presence of tannins. With time, the tannins lose their harshness and become softer.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Crystal Ridge

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 Crystal Ridge.

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.

News about Winery Crystal Ridge and wines from the region

Cambridge University’s King’s College earns £1.3m by auctioning off rare Burgundies

The ‘Generations of Jayer’ collection included 42 lots of some of the finest Burgundies ever bottled. A 12-bottle case of Grand Cru Henri Jayer for Georges Jayer, Echézeaux 1999 from Côte de Nuits led the charge, selling for £100,000 at the London auction. The second priciest lot was the Henri Jayer for Georges Jayer, Echézeaux 2001, which received a winning bid of £85,000. Henri Jayer was dubbed the ‘godfather of Burgundy’ after pioneering a range of key innovations in the region. He believed t ...

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

Fine wine market breaks records in 2021, says Liv-ex

Prices in the fine wine market have been increasing across all major regions in 2021, according to a new report by Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. Its Liv-ex 1000 index, tracking some of the world’s most sought-after wines, rose by 2.4% in November to reach a new all-time high. The index, seen as an important bellwether for secondary market trading, has been rising consistently for about 18 months. ‘All previous records set in 2020 have been broken and surpassed in 2021, markin ...

The word of the wine: Astringency

Chemical stimulation that tightens the mucous membranes of the mouth and causes a sensation of harshness, which is characteristic of the presence of tannins. With time, the tannins lose their harshness and become softer.