The Winery Zum Sonnengut of Eastern Switzerland

Winery Zum Sonnengut - Federweisser
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 84 of the estates of Eastern Switzerland.
It is located in Eastern Switzerland

The Winery Zum Sonnengut is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Eastern Switzerland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Zum Sonnengut wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Zum Sonnengut

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Zum Sonnengut

How Winery Zum Sonnengut wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of sea sauerkraut with white wine, arroz de marisco or broccoli and beaufort pie.

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

  • Pinot Gris

Discovering the wine region of Eastern Switzerland

St. Gallen is a German-speaking Canton of eastern Switzerland with a corresponding AOC. Much of the winegrowing that does occur within its borders takes place in the Rheintal region (the upper Rhein Valley) whose name often appears more prominently on labels. However, even here, wine production is not the dominant land-based industry.

Rheintal is a wine region which Lies at the far eastern edge of Switzerland, running North to South along the Swiss borders with Austria and Liechtenstein. As the name suggests ("tal" is a Germanic suffix denoting a valley), the focus of this region is the valley of the Rhein river – specifically the upper Rhein between Graubunden and Lake Constance. After making its way down from its source at the Tomasee, high in the Alps, the Rhein turns northwards, through the substantial valley it has carved out for itself over many millennia. Both broad and flat, this area is highly fertile, based on mineral-rich alluvium brought downriver from the mountains to the west.

This forms an oasis of Green among the dark grey ridges of the Alps. As such there are many alternative land uses which compete with viticulture, including habitation. Pinot Noir is the most commonly planted Grape. It is helped to ripen by the Warm föhn wind, known here as the "Traubenkocher" (grape cooker).

The top red wines of Winery Zum Sonnengut

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Zum Sonnengut

How Winery Zum Sonnengut wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stewed beef heart, duck breast with orange sauce or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Zum Sonnengut

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Zum Sonnengut. is a with a nice freshness.

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Zum Sonnengut

Planning a wine route in the of Eastern Switzerland? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Zum Sonnengut.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Pinot Gris is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot gris was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. Pinot Gris is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot Gris wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot gris is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.

News about Winery Zum Sonnengut and wines from the region

Miniature bottles of single malt Scotch reach record sums

The 5cl miniature bottles of Springbank 1919 50 Year Old and Malt Mill 10 Year Old were sold this month for £7,360 ($8,871/ €8,659) and £6,670 ($8,039/ €7,848) respectively by online auction house Whisky.Auction – record sums for both distilleries. Another miniature of Springbank 1919 sold at auction in August 2021 for £6,440, while a miniature of Malt Mill fetched £3,400 when it was sold by Scotch Whisky Auctions in February 2018. The record sum for any whisky miniature at auction is believed t ...

Generation Z investors ‘turning to fine wine’

A survey of 2,000 investors in the UK found links between Generation Z, loosely covering those up to 25 years of age, and fine wine investment. While close to half of all survey respondents said they had invested in so-called alternative assets, such as fine wine, whisky, art or crypto, this proportion rose to 62% for the under-25s. Commissioned by merchant Bordeaux Index and conducted by market research agency 3Gem, the survey suggests younger investors ‘are turning to fine wine’ as ...

World wine production to fall in 2021 as extreme weather hits Europe

World wine production in 2021 is set to fall by 4% versus last year, to around 250 million hectolitres (mhl), equal to 25bn litres and close to the historic low witnessed in 2017, the International Organisation for Vine & Wine (OIV) has estimated. Its figures are preliminary, but they highlight the ‘severe impact’ of ‘adverse climatic conditions’ on the 2021 vintage in parts of Europe, said OIV director-general Paul Roca during a virtual press conference. Europe’s big ...

The word of the wine: Piqué

Altered wine characterized by a vinegar smell.