The Winery Mackinaw Valley Vineyard of Illinois

Winery Mackinaw Valley Vineyard
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 373 of the estates of Illinois.
It is located in Illinois

The Winery Mackinaw Valley Vineyard is one of the best wineries to follow in Illinois.. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Illinois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mackinaw Valley Vineyard wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Mackinaw Valley Vineyard

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mackinaw Valley Vineyard

How Winery Mackinaw Valley Vineyard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of american style lobster tails, great chef style, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or leek, carrot and parmesan gratin.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Mackinaw Valley Vineyard.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

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 Mackinaw Valley Vineyard

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Mackinaw Valley Vineyard and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Milly-Lamartine

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Milly-Lamartine, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bour ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Prissé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Prissé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The Chablis vineyard and the transition to sustainable practices

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this 5-minute clip, the speakers discuss organic wines and the movement towards more environmentally friendly practices. #Chablis #PureChablis ...

The word of the wine: Cooked wine

In Provence, wine made from must cooked and reduced over a wood fire, traditionally consumed at Christmas time with the thirteen desserts.

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