{"id":16844,"date":"2019-07-26T15:25:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T20:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=16844"},"modified":"2019-07-26T15:25:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T20:25:17","slug":"winenotes-grape-variety-alvarinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/26\/winenotes-grape-variety-alvarinho\/","title":{"rendered":"WineNotes:  Grape Variety: Alvarinho"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16845\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/melgaco5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16845\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16845\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/melgaco5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alvarinho, a white wine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alvarinho is also known as Albari\u00f1o. The wines produced with Albari\u00f1o grapes. The grapes are grown in many location around the world, especially well known in northwestern Spain and northern Portugal. The Spanish wine region of R\u00edas Baixas is known for its production of Albari\u00f1o. In Portugal, Alvarinho is well known in the Vino Verde region, particularly the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Mon\u00e7\u00e3o and Melga\u00e7o subregions. Albari\u00f1o (Alvarinho)\u00a0can also be found in other regions of the world including parts of California, Oregon, Washington and New Zealand where it usually goes by the Spanish name Albari\u00f1o. Albari\u00f1o wines can also be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedernalescellars.com\">Pedernales Cellars<\/a> in Texas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aromatic wines<\/li>\n<li>Produces white still and sparkling wines<\/li>\n<li>Aromas and taste notes of mineral, peach and citrus<\/li>\n<li>Pairing tips: Albari\u00f1o pairs well with grilled meats and grilled fish. Also consider pairing an Albari\u00f1o wine with aged cheese, salad and shellfish dishes.<\/li>\n<li>Temperature serving suggestion: 45 to 52 degrees F<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While visiting wineries in Portugal in 2018, we stopped at the Commission of Viticulture for the Region of Vinho Verde in Porto. We tasted several wines including an Alvarinho and wrote, \u201cThe 2016 Deu Alvarinho was composed of Alvarinho grapes. The wine had a yellow color with 13% alcohol. The aroma had tropical fruits, peach and citrus. The taste was reminiscent of peaches, grapefruit, citrus and mineral. The wine had an oily mouthfeel. The finish was crisp and fruity. This is one of the best selling wines from the region with a price around six euros.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"WineNotes:  Grape Variety: Alvarinho\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=16844\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Alvarinho\/Albari\u00f1o grape variety that produces an aromatic white wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[3794,4118,435,98,1148],"class_list":["post-16844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-taste-of-wine","tag-albarino","tag-alvarinho","tag-grape","tag-wine","tag-wine-pairing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16846,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16844\/revisions\/16846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}