Winery Iona8+8 Riesling
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Food and wine pairings with 8+8 Riesling
Pairings that work perfectly with 8+8 Riesling
Original food and wine pairings with 8+8 Riesling
The 8+8 Riesling of Winery Iona matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of delicious marinated pork chops, tuna flan with leek coulis or salmon steak on a bed of leeks.
Details and technical informations about Winery Iona's 8+8 Riesling.
Discover the grape variety: Riesling
White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). 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 small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of 8+8 Riesling from Winery Iona are 2017, 0
Informations about the Winery Iona
The Winery Iona is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Elgin to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Elgin
The wine region of Elgin is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Paul Cluver or the Domaine Matthew Van Heerden produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Elgin are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Elgin often reveals types of flavors of cream, stone fruit or cheese and sometimes also flavors of quince, beeswax or citrus zest.
The wine region of Western Cape
The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.
The word of the wine: Piqué
Altered wine characterized by a vinegar smell.
