Winery UscaSonnet 18 Grenache
wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Sonnet 18 Grenache of the Winery Usca is in the top 0 of wines of Aegean.
Details and technical informations about Winery Usca's Sonnet 18 Grenache.
Discover the grape variety: Viktoria
Cross between a (vitis vinifera x vitis amurensis) and Seyve Villard 12 304. Viktoria is found mainly in Russia but also in Poland, Lithuania, etc. It should be noted that a Romanian variety of table grape bears the same name but it is unlikely to be confused with it because its berries are white. - Synonymy: victoria, wiktoria (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).
Informations about the Winery Usca
The Winery Usca is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Aegean to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Aegean
The Aegean wine region Lies in the western Part of Turkey, on the end of the Anatolian peninsula, facing the Aegean Sea and the Greek Islands. It accounts for over half of all wine produced in the country. The Climate is typically Mediterranean with hot summers and mild winters. Coastal vineyards are often at an altitude of around 150 meters, and have the most pronounced maritime influences.
News related to this wine
US wine investment firm Vint launches new ‘marketplace’
Vint launched as a fine wine and spirit investment opportunity after working with the regulatory body, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The aim, said CEO Nick King, is to make the concept of fine wine investment a mainstream idea in the US. ‘If you were to walk down the street in a major US city and ask 100 people if they’d heard of wine as an investment, maybe only five, or at most 10 people would respond affirmatively,’ he said. Prior to the launch of Vint, interested Americans ...
Vintage Crime: The darker side of wine
It was a spot of bedtime reading that did it. Desperately seeking a research topic to finish the Master of Wine course, a chapter in Don and Petie Kladstrup’s Champagne mentioned the 1911 riots: Champagne houses were razed by angry growers, the sabre-wielding French army charged down the streets of Epernay, and one of the biggest reasons for the discontent? Wine fraud. This was something I could get into. With my journalistic juices flowing, a scratch of the surface revealed a paucity of researc ...
Bordeaux winemaker turns north to make Breton Chardonnay
Lamballe, CEO of window manufacturer FenêtréA, purchased the 25-hectare property Kerfraval in the village of Baden, near the natural harbour of the Gulf of Morbihan, in March 2022. Sallaud will transform Kerfraval into a wine estate, named Domaine Lamballe, comprising a winery – where he will make still and sparkling wine – a visitor centre and six gites. ‘We will plant 10ha of Chardonnay in April this year to make still and sparkling wines,’ Sallaud told Decanter. ‘Mr Lamballe loves Chablis, he ...
The word of the wine: Bleeding
Old practice for red wines. As soon as the vat is filled with grapes, the tap is opened. A sweet but clear juice escapes from the vat (it can also be used to make rosé). The colour and density of the juice is enhanced, but it should not be overdone. Rarely more than 10% of the volume of a vat, otherwise you risk losing fruit and bringing in bitterness.
