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Archives for November 2018

Sampling more Swiss Syrahs

21/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Swiss Syrah learning curve Geneva was home to a terrific master class in June of Syrah wines from granite areas, a project offered by jointly by the AOC St Joseph in France and Fully vignérons in Valais, Switzerland. It included north of northern Rhone Syrahs from Valais and northern Rhone wines from France, whose vineyards […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: 2006, Cave la Madeleine, Fully, St Joseph, St Maurice, Syrah, Syrah au fil du Rhône, the landscape of Swiss wine, Vétroz

Could biodynamic be the future of Swiss wine?

20/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Nicolas Joly pitches biodynamic to the Swiss Nicolas Joly is a superstar in the increasingly accepted world of biodynamic winemaking, although he would probably cringe at that label. But a presentation Monday night in Valais, at the Tsampéhro cellar in Flanthey, made it was easy to see why he’s not just another farmer touting natural […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Coulée de Serrant, Demeter Switzerland, Denis Mercier, Domaine de Beudon, Flanthey, Fully, Georgia wines, Madeleine Mercier, Marie-Therese Chappaz, Nicolas Joly, price biodynamic wines, Renaissance des Appellations, Swiss Association for Biodynamic Farming, Tsampéhro

Chef of the year Giovannini, on pistachios

16/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The year the second chef became the owner Yesterday I learned I am one of the 80-85% of people who eat at the Hôtel de Ville Crissier who, as it turns out, are local folk, not tourists from abroad at all. Franck Giovannini, head chef, gave some of us the figure when we spoke after lunch, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Benoît Violier, Brigitte Violier, Cave des Amandiers Fully, Chartreuse, Chasselas, Domaine de la Colombe Féchy, Franck Giovannini, Fredy Girardet, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Louis Villeneuve, Philippe Rochat, Syrah

The height of discretion

16/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Terravin’s best Vaud Chasselas It was glass number 13 that forced me to stop and ask myself if it is really possible for a single wine to be the absolute best. And for us – the judges for the Lauriers de Platine Terravin – to choose it with any certainty. To be clear: this is […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aerowatch, Bourgeoisie de la Ville de Fribourg, Cave de l'Hôpital, Cave de la Côte, Chablais AOC, Chasselas, Christian Dupuis, Elevé sur Lies, Epesses, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Jean-François Morel, La Côte AOC, La Viticole de Villeneuve, Lauréats de Platine Terravin, Lavaux AOC, Le Chardon, Mondial du Chasselas, Mont-sur-Rolle, Montoise Esprit Terroir, Terravin, Villeneuve Grand Cru, Yvorne

Why it pays to visit small wineries

15/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

A glass of wine is of course much more than its contents. It’s a place, its geography and geology, its history, its people. When you visit a small winery, you have a chance to hear about this. Last weekend I went to Colline de Daval in Sierre to learn a bit about distilling, of which […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: apricots, Bertrand Monique Caloz-Evéquoz, castle, Chamoson, Charte St Théodule, Colline de Daval, Davalrone, distillery, Domaine des Muses, geology, Great gold medal, guest house, irrigation, kir, Merlot, Mondial des Pinots, Pinot Noir, raspberries, Rouvinez winery, Sierre, Sierre rockslide, Syrah, vignérons-encaveurs

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