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First, he found employment in the county assessor's office and in 1961 established Hillcrest vineyards on 20 acres of land near the Callahan Ridge. Sommer came north to primarily produce Pinot Noir and Riesling, but in addition planted a number of other varieties including Malbec, Sauvignon Blanc, Semilliion, Chardonnay, Grenache, Barbera etc.
White wine is mainly from "white" grapes, which are green or yellow in colour, such as the Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc and Riesling. Some white wine is also made from grapes with coloured skin, provided that the obtained wort is not stained. Pinot noir, for example, is commonly used to produce champagne.
The Ratskeller (council wine cellar) of the townhall of Bremen, Germany, stores 650+ German wines, including Riesling-based wines, often in barrel and back to the 1653 vintage. [17] More common aging periods for Riesling wines would be 5–15 years for dry, 10–20 years for semi-sweet and 10–30+ for sweet versions. [18]
Goldriesling is a grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera used for white wine. It was created in 1893 by Christian Oberlin in Colmar , Alsace by crossing Riesling with another grape variety, which is sometimes given as Courtillier Musqué Précoce , but not identified conclusively.
This award goes to the best of show in the annual New York Wine Classic. [29] The wine was also named best Riesling and best white wine. At the age of 66, Wiemer retired in August 2007 and turned the winery over to Fred Merwarth, [30] and Fred's wife, Maressa, and Fred's Cornell classmate, Oskar Bynke. Wiemer then retired to Ithaca, located on ...
The wines have been produced since the 2006 vintage [1]) by general manager and head winemaker Nicolas Quillé. [3] Pacific Rim produces principally Riesling from Dry to dessert style (eleven Rieslings in total including several single vineyard sites in the Columbia Valley) and also small amounts of Gewurztraminer , Gruner Veltliner , and ...
Ernest Gallo (March 18, 1909 – March 6, 2007) was the American co-founder of the E & J Gallo Winery. He was ranked 297th on the 2006 Forbes 400 list of billionaires.. After the death of his parents, Ernest and brother Julio, along with their wives Amelia (1910–1993) and Aileen, raised their thirteen-year-old little brother Joseph.
Patrick Comiskey – American wine writer of Wine & Spirits and Los Angeles Times Kermit Lynch on the set of Wine Library TV; Julia Coney – Wine writer and creator of Black Wine Professionals database [2] [3] Tullio De Rosa – Italian author; Andrew Dornenburg – wine columnist of The Washington Post; Michel Dovaz – wine teacher and writer