The Winery Happs is one of the world's great estates. It offers 56 wines for sale in of South West Australia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Happs wines in South West Australia among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Happs 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 Happs wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Happs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef and spice stuffed peppers, eggplant lasagna or traditional tagine (morocco).
On the nose the red wine of Winery Happs. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Happs. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Western Australia is the largest of the eight administrative zones and territories of Australia. In 2020, it represented just two percent of the national wine production, but has previosly occupied up to 20 percent of the nation's fine wines.
Covering the entire western third of the vast island continent, "WA" (as it is commonly called) spans 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) from east to west. This makes it the second-largest administrative subdivision of any country in the world – bigger than Alaska and Texas combined.
Western Australia
The giant flag at Voyager Estate, Margaret River
© Jonathan Reeve
The Western Australian wine regions are clustered in the state's cooler, coastal, Southwest corner. The Northeastern two-thirds of WA are too hot to support quality viticulture.
The northwest corner is the hottest area of Australia as a whole, with summer temperatures surpassing even those of the country's famous semi-desert "Red Centre". By contrast, the Climate of the southwest WA is relatively cool, tempered by the presence of the Indian Ocean to the west and the Antarctic Ocean to the south and east.
Although it rivals the Hunter Valley in terms of low latitude (lying at 33 degrees South), the climate around the state's southwest cape is more akin to that of Bordeaux, and the most successful Grape varieties here reflect this.
It is no coincidence, that many winemakers from this area aim for a more European wine style than their counterparts further north – or those from New South Wales and South Australia. Margaret River in particular, is renowned for its more-balanced, Elegant wines, which contrast with the Powerful, fruit-driven wines of the regions further east.
Geographically, the wine regions of Western Australia can be split into roughly three groups: those around the state capital, Perth (the Swan Valley, the Perth Hills and Peel); those along the south coast (from Pemberton in the west to Albany in the east); and those around the southern end of Geographe Bay (Margaret River and Geographe).
How Winery Happs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, sea bass in mustard and rosemary wrappers or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Happs. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Happs. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
- Origin : Most certainly from the north of Portugal, it is a very old grape variety, present for a very long time in the Douro Valley where it is very often associated with other grape varieties to produce the famous Port. It can also be found in the United States (California, etc.), Australia, Spain, Mexico, etc.
How Winery Happs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of seven o'clock leg of lamb, leg of lamb in a herb crust with preserved vegetables or venison stew to be prepared the day before.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Happs. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or red fruit.
Transformation of sugars into alcohol under the effect of yeast. These yeasts exist in their natural state in the vineyards and in the cellars. Artificial seeding with selected yeasts is however very often practiced.
How Winery Happs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of lamb tagine with honey and onions or tarte tatin.
On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Happs. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, dried fruit.
The white Verdelho is a grape variety that originated in Portugal. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of medium size. The white Verdelho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, South West.
Planning a wine route in the of South West Australia? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Happs.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
