The Winery Locke of California

Winery Locke - Calaveras County Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California

The Winery Locke is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Locke wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Locke

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Locke

How Winery Locke wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with guinness, pan-fried lamb heart or alsatian wine pie.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Locke

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Locke. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Zinfandel
  • Petite Sirah

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 Locke

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Locke

How Winery Locke wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of chicken bonne femme, wild rice salad with tuna or mullet with onions and white wine.

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

  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Locke

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 Locke.

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

News about Winery Locke and wines from the region

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Plan for major English winery development in Kent blocked

Medway councillors in Kent have voted against plans to build the ‘Kentish Wine Vault’ English winery on ‘green belt’ land located in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), surrounding the small village of Cuxton. Plans for the major winery development were submitted by Vineyard Farms Ltd, sister group of MDCV UK Ltd, which is controlled by Mark Dixon, the billionaire British businessman resident of Monaco. Designed by leading architecture group Foster &am ...

The word of the wine: MA

Auxiliary brand or buyer's brand (supermarket for example) gathering champagnes of various origins. It offers no guarantee of quality or traceability.