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Archives for April 2019

Discovering and debating: Divico, Divona

18/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The conference in Bramois offered an exciting moment because it’s the first time so many Divico disease-resistant wines have been tasted together, organized by single grape wines, blends, oaked, not oaked.

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Agroscope, Appellation d'origine contrôlée, Blaise Duboux, Bramois, Cave de Genéve, Cave de la Côte, Chambleau, Changins, disease-resistant grapes, Divico, Divona, France, Marie-Bernard Gillioz, Paradou, PIWI

Fine cuisine goes cozy at Geneva’s revamped Bistro

18/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

I love good food and I love uncomplicated, cozy meals, so the idea that a GaultMillau 17/20 chef in the middle of Geneva might think this is what his restaurant should serve was bound to appeal to me. Armel Bedouet has 17 points for the gastronomy restaurant l’Aparté, which has a mere 15 seats, and […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Travels Tagged With: Armel Bedouet, Bistro restaurant, Gaëtan Dubret, GaultMillau promoted chef of the year, GaultMillau rookie of the year, Geneva bistro, Hotel Royal Geneva, Jean-Nicholas Trens, l'Aparté restaurant, madeleine, Michelin two star restaurant, restaurant featuring Swiss wine, vacherin parfait

Wine tastings: how & where we learn about wine

17/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

I learn about wine in four main ways, or places: the first and most important is with meals, at home or dining out, because wine is at its showy or discreet best when paired well with food and enjoyed because you’re relaxing. To learn here, you need to pay attention, though, and sometimes we drink […]

Filed Under: Vineglorious! Swiss wine book, Wineries Tagged With: agenda, Bistro Hotel Royale Geneva, Cave SA, Chateau de Villa Sierre, Coop Mondovino, Divinum, Divo, L'Instant Vin, Memoire des Vins Suisses, open wineries, Open winery days, ProVino, Swiss Wine Promotion, Swiss Wine Tourism, Vinea, Vinorama

2017 wines from Swiss Mémoire group

17/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Once a year the Mémoire des Vins Suisses group invites the public to a tasting session where wineries present three vintages of their wine. It’s a don’t-miss event.

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Azienda Mondò, Basel, Blaise Duboux, Bondola, Calamin, Caves de Chambleau, Chateau Maison Blanche Grand Cru Yvorne Chablais, Clos de Mangold, Ermitage, Gérald Besse, Heida St Jodernkellerei, Henri Cruchon, Hohle Gasse Pinot noir, Les Hutins, Maurice Zufferey, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Merlot-Cabernet blend, Nebbiolo, Petite Arvine, Petite Arvine Maître de Chais, Pinot Noir, Provins, Pur Sang blend, Raissennaz, Räuschling, Salvagnin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Schwarzenbach, Tenuta Castello di Morcote, Tenuta Vitivinicola Trapletti, the landscape of Swiss wine, Visperterminen, Weingut Jauslin, Weingut Wolfer, wine-tasting

Uncork now, Basel beauties

16/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

I saw just how good wines from Basel could be, during a two-day meeting 11-12 April in that city, with the Mémoire des Vins Suisses. Its newest winery member, Weingut Jauslin, impressed me by its overall quality.

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: Basel Land, Basel Landschaft, Basel wine, GaultMillau, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Mondial des Pinots, Mueller-Thurgau, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Noir, Riesling-Silvaner, Weingut Jauslin

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