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Archives for March 2017

Chateauneuf, organically

23/03/2017 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Note: Jacqueline André is presenting a rare vertical tasting of her wines Thursday evening 23 March at Cave SA in Gland. Grape harvests are always a joy: for the grower who can finally begin to relax after seeing the babies grow into mature adults, for grape pickers if the vineyard is one that takes real pride […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Cave SA Gland, Chateauneuf-du-pape, Côtes du Rhone, Domaine Charvin, Grenache, Jacqueline André, Laurent Charvin winery, Pierre André winery, Syrah

Travels in Sardinia: a tourist’s tips

09/03/2017 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Where is this place? Personally, and I blush to say it, a year ago I was sure only that Sardinia was an island, part of Italy, somewhere near Sicily. Obviously, I have never sailed in the Mediterranean. When I was invited on an educational trip to learn about Cannonau wines, I dashed to Google Maps. I then […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Agriturismo, Alghero, Alitalia, Arbatax, Cagliari, Camisadu, Cannonau, Easyjet, Grenache, Grotta su Marmuri, La Bitta hotel, Museum of Mediterranean Masks, Olbia, Oliona, polyphonic singing, Sardinia, Su Gologone, Swiss, Unesco list, Vueling

Among the vines: travels in Sardinia

07/03/2017 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Part 1 of 3: wine as a window to the soul of Sardinia A recipe for Sardinian serendipity: rest your body on a cozy stone wall as the sun dips low, sip a 2003 wine made from 140-year-old vines old set snugly in a high and rugged landscape where you had to pull up your collar that windy October […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: bandits, brigands, Cannonau grape, Catalan, Fiore Sardo, Garnacha, goats, Grenache, highlands, kidnappings, Mamoiada, pane carasau, Pecorino, Sardinia, Sedilesu, Spain, Su Gologone

What makes a wine traditional?

03/03/2017 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

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 making wine the same way for 50 years, does that make your wine traditional? 100 years? Or what […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: AOP, Blaise Duboux, Chasselas, cheese, Cornalin, Dézaley, Dôle, Domaine Chappaz, Epesses, Etivaz, Fully, La Liaudisaz, Maurice Zufferey, Meilen, R3 Räuschling, Roquefort, Sierre, Vaud, Zurich

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