The Winery Star View of Illinois

Winery Star View
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 94 of the estates of Illinois.
It is located in Illinois

The Winery Star View is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Illinois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Star View wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Star View

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Star View

How Winery Star View wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal paupiettes with beer, the tartiflette wrap or pizza of the south west : duck breast, roquefort.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Star View

On the nose the red wine of Winery Star View. often reveals types of flavors of oak.

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

  • Norton
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Illinois

Illinois is a U. S. state located South of the Great Lakes region and bordered by Missouri to the west and Indiana to the east. The state is one of the fastest-growing wine producers in the United States; the number of wineries doubled in the late 1990s and now stands at over 100.

Illinois covers 150,000 square kilometers (58,000 square miles) between latitudes 36°N and 42°N, similar to northern California. However, the unpredictable and often Harsh winters of the Midwest mean that viticulture is not as widespread as in the key Californian regions of Napa Valley and Sonoma County. Most Illinois vineyards are located in the south, where they can take advantage of slightly warmer temperatures and increased exposure to sunlight. Illinois has a Long and successful wine-growing history dating back to the mid-19th century, when settlers planted grapes along the banks of the Mississippi River to make wine.

By the turn of the century, Illinois was the fourth largest wine-producing state in the United States. Like many states, this thriving wine industry was devastated by the advent of Prohibition in 1920, when most of Illinois' vineyards were uprooted in favor of grain crops.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Star View

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

Discover the grape variety: Alicante Henri Bouschet

Alicante Henri Bouschet noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). 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 large bunches of grapes of medium size. The Alicante Henri Bouschet noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Star View and wines from the region

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Long Read: Biodiversity in the vineyard – looking to the future

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The word of the wine: Leaf removal

Operation that consists in removing the leaves that form a screen between the sun and the grape.

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