Very fun to try this alongside the more typical Chasselas Reserve 2011, at Vinocamp in Lausanne 22 March. The "sur lie" in the name means the wine matures on its lies: the dead yeast sediment. It's a […]
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What makes a wine traditional?
Tradition is a hot word in wine marketing right now, one that reassures consumers - and yet few of us who are on the buying end of the sales chain question what it means, I think.If you have been […]
Chasselas on world wine radars
Chasselas, Switzerland's iconic white wine, is now on the Robert Parker radar. This is clearly good news for Swiss wineries that produce it - and since it is the second-most widely planted grape in […]
Chasselas fight divides the Swiss
Time for an ode to my adopted home country's wineLAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - Chasselas-bashing and ardent defenses are suddenly fashionable in Swiss wine circles, puzzling to any outsiders who've […]