The Honor Winery of California

Honor Winery - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California
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The Honor Winery is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Honor Winery wines

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

The top red wines of Honor Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Honor Winery

How Honor Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of provencal stew, lamb garam massala or blood duck (tour d'argent).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Honor Winery

On the nose the red wine of Honor Winery. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Honor Winery. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Honor Winery

  • 2010With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.52/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Carignan
  • Cinsault
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

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 Honor Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Honor Winery

How Honor Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of zucchini lasagna, spinach, goat cheese and salmon quiche or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

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

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

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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 Honor Winery and wines from the region

Drinks industry ramps up efforts to raise money in aid of Ukraine crisis

In addition to the fine wine auctions reported on previously by Decanter, further initiatives have been set up to raise money for those in crisis. UK-based wine importer Les Caves de Pyrene has been helping to relocate families fleeing from war-torn Ukraine and settle them in safe havens across Europe, in accommodation provided by the importer’s European winemakers. To help cover the logistical costs of relocating families, the importer has announced it will hold a fundraising auction and charit ...

Rare Lynch-Bages auction with ‘mythical’ 1961 is 100% sold

Strong demand for Château Lynch-Bages wines from collectors in Europe, US and Asia helped ensure all 342 lots in the London-based auction were sold, said Sotheby’s. Total sales at the 25 March event hit £877,826 ($1.16m), eclipsing a pre-sale high estimate of just under £700,000. It’s another sign of a strong auction market, and of Lynch-Bages’ popularity; this Pauillac-based Bordeaux estate owned by the Cazes family has long been known for punching above its fifth growth status in the 1855 Clas ...

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: Disgorging (champagne)

This is the evacuation of the deposit formed by the yeasts during the second fermentation in the bottle, by opening the bottle. The missing volume is completed with the liqueur de dosage - a mixture of wine and cane sugar - before the final cork is placed. For some years now, some producers have been replacing this sugar with rectified concentrated musts (concentrated grape juice) which give excellent results. A too recent dosage (less than three months) harms the gustatory harmony of the champagne.

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