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Archives for May 2018

Armenian and Turkish fine wines

30/05/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

An introduction to wines from the cradle of civilization The Valais Wine Museum in Sierre held a very special conference with wine-tasting 27 May, “L’Orient des vins”, that focused on Armenian and Turkish wines. José Vouillamoz, co-author of Wine Grapes, talked about grape domestication – where, how, why, and Jean-Luc Etievent of the Wine Mosaic […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Arcadia Vineyards, Areni Ancestors', Armenia, Chamlija wine, Ja2z, Jean-Luc Etievent, José Vouillamoz, Mesopotamia, Narince, Nazeli, Odrysia, Ottoman Empire, Papaskarasi, Pesaeli, phylloxera, Qrdi, Sierre, Thrace, Trinity Canyon Vineyards, Turkey, Valais Wine Museum, Voski, Wine Mosaic project, Yapincak, Yeraz Gharibian, Zeynep Arca, Zorik Gharibian

The beautiful past redux

29/05/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Learning to love wines from ancient lands Fine wines from Armenia and Turkey are not what you might imagine Sunday afternoon I went to a high mountainside in Armenia and drank a magnificent red wine that was deep and rich in fruit and fresh and silky. I wish I had done all of that physically, but […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Armenia, Arvinis, Chasselas, Jason Wilson, José Vouillamoz, Moldavia, NY Times, obscure grapes, sustainability, Turkey, weird wines, Wine Grapes

Swiss Bruxelles competition winners

26/05/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Nearly one-third of the Swiss wines entered in the Bruxelles wine competition, 49 out of 166 entered,  have come home with gold or silver medals; the results were announced Friday 25 May. Two won top honours with great gold medals: Viognier Blanc from Philippe Varone Vins in Sion, Valais and Yvorne Petit Vignoble Blanc vintage […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aigle, awards 2018, Concours de Bruxelles, Swiss wines

Germanier, one winery’s quest for the best

20/05/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Looking beyond formulas for great wines The Guardian’s article about natural, organic and biodynamic wines with its slew of missionary purists reminded me of a series of photos I took in March at the Jean-René Germanier winery in Vetroz. The best Swiss wineries are trying ancient, older and new methods and combinations of all of […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: biodynamic, Cayas, Fully, Gilles Besse, Jean-René Germanier, Mitis, natural wines, new technology, new wine cellar, organic, Patrick Regamey, Philippe and Veronyc Mettaz, Sierre, Swiss Wine Promotion, Vétroz

Ruminations on recent wine news

20/05/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Sunday wine news perusings and musings for you. An article in Forbes about Swiss wine that will please the country’s wine promotion body, an interesting article about natural wine in The Guardian that is too focused on France, a provocative story in Le Temps about Bern’s efforts to centralize agricultural (including wine) research, a promising […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agroscope, biodynamic, Changins, Forbes, Fribourg move, Harvard, Has wine gone bad, longevity, natural wines, organic, Roche et vin, Why Swiss wines continue to impress, wine and health, wine promotion

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