The Winery Milliaire of Sierra Foothills of California

Winery Milliaire - Alicante Bouschet Alley Cat
The winery offers 27 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 173 of the estates of California.
It is located in Sierra Foothills in the region of California
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The Winery Milliaire is one of the best wineries to follow in Sierra Foothills.. It offers 27 wines for sale in of Sierra Foothills to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Milliaire wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Milliaire

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Milliaire

How Winery Milliaire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tagine with prunes and almonds, moroccan style leg of lamb or giant paella cooked on a wood fire.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Milliaire

On the nose the red wine of Winery Milliaire. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Milliaire. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Milliaire

  • 2011With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.99/5

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

  • Zinfandel
  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Primitivo
  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Sierra Foothills

The wine region of Sierra Foothills is located in the region of California of United States. We currently count 249 estates and châteaux in the of Sierra Foothills, producing 661 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Sierra Foothills go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery Milliaire

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Milliaire

How Winery Milliaire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of suckling pig leg in the oven, hawaiian poke bowl or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Milliaire

On the nose the white wine of Winery Milliaire. often reveals types of flavors of oak.

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Grigio

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Milliaire

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Milliaire

How Winery Milliaire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style, irish stew with beer or beignets with 3 cheeses (beureg).

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Milliaire.

  • Zinfandel

The word of the wine: Green

Said of a wine that is too acidic or marked by unpleasant vegetal tastes.

The top sweet wines of Winery Milliaire

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Milliaire

How Winery Milliaire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of shepherd's pie (potatoes, beef, carrots, bacon), couscous merguez or peach and apricot chicken (about 270 calories).

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Milliaire.

  • Zinfandel

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Milliaire

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Milliaire

How Winery Milliaire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of navarin of the sea da gigi, biscuits for dogs or japanese fondue.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Milliaire.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Mistelle

Unfermented must with added brandy, also called liqueur wine: Pineau des Charentes, Floc de Gascogne, Macvin du Jura, Ratafia, Cartagène du Languedoc.

The top pink wines of Winery Milliaire

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Milliaire

How Winery Milliaire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, marielle's lamb and eggplant parmentier or croque-monsieur 3 cheeses.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Milliaire.

  • Zinfandel

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Milliaire

Planning a wine route in the of Sierra Foothills? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Milliaire.

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 Milliaire and wines from the region

Kylie Minogue launches her wine range in the US

The ‘Spinning Around’ singer launched the wines on her birthday in 2020 as part of a collaboration with London-based Benchmark Drinks. The firm, founded by former Accolade Wines chief executive Paul Schaafsma, specialises in celebrity partnerships. It has also launched wines in tandem with Sarah Jessica Parker, Ian Botham and Graham Norton. Yet the Kylie Minogue range has been one of the star performers, selling 3.5 million bottles in the UK and a further 1.5 million bottles in 15 international ...

Bordeaux’s secondary market share plummets to all-time low

The region’s trade share slumped to an historic low of 37.7% in 2021 after failing to keep pace with the broader market. It was the first time Bordeaux’s market share had ever fallen below 40%. At the time of writing, it has slipped to 32%, according to Liv-ex. The company divides its main index into a series of sub-indices. Over the past year, the Bordeaux sub-index increased by a modest 11.5%, compared to 43.8% for Burgundy and 51.2% for Champagne. The main challenger to Bordeaux’s throne is B ...

Former mafia boss Michael Franzese targets international expansion for his wine brand

Franzese was known as the ‘yuppie don’ in the 1980s after rising to the rank of caporegime in the Colombo crime family. Fortune Magazine placed him at No. 18 on its 50 Biggest Mafia Bosses list, and he gained a reputation as one of the mob’s biggest earners since Al Capone. He was portrayed by Joseph Bono in Goodfellas. Franzese became a born-again Christian during a lengthy prison sentence for racketeering, and he managed to walk away from the mafia without going into protective custody. He is ...

The word of the wine: Green

Said of a wine that is too acidic or marked by unpleasant vegetal tastes.