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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

Swiss wine news: Organic winners

20/06/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

First certified organic competition winners named A slew of Swiss certified organic wines now boast gold and silver medals awarded by the first-ever Swiss Organic Wine (Bio Vino in French) competition, which took place in late May. The winners were announced in Bern 14 June. My favourite of course is the winner of the Press […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Azienda Agricola Bianchi, Begins, Bio Vino, Chateau d'Eclepens, Concour Vin Bio Suisse, Domaine de la Croix, Domaine la Capitaine, Eclepens, Solaris grape, Ticino, Vincy, Vinum magazine organic wine competition

Vineglorious! book’s living Index

If you would like a printed copy of the index for your book, please contact me at ellen@ellenwine.com. You can also download and print the two-page Vineglorious index, PDF, identical to the one below, but without the links. Index: Vineglorious! Switzerlnd’s Wondrous World of Wines Note that grape variety descriptions appear in the margins throughout […]

Wine language: amphores, eggs, biodynamic (update)

16/10/2014 by Ellen Wallace 8 Comments

Demeter and Swiss biodynamic vines Update: just after I posted this, Jacques Perrin’s latest blog post arrived, about the course I followed last week. It’s in French, but for anyone who reads French, it’s a good review of some of the current thinking about the use of cement eggs, amphores, etc. Correction: Writer Wink Lorch […]

Filed Under: Vineglorious! Swiss wine book, Wineries Tagged With: amphores, biodynamic, concrete eggs, José Vouillamoz, organic, Pierre Thomas, Robert McIntosh, Vineglorious! book reviews

Biodynamic wines, slipping into the mainstream

22/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

New guide provides useful tool GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Organic wines, known as “bio” in French, and more particularly biodynamic wines, were long regarded suspiciously by many consumers, conjuring up vague (and not quite right) images of hippy wines made with animal horns and consumed with unpalatable brown rice. Those were the bad old days and […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alexandre Truffer, Anne Mueller, Beudon, biodynamic wines, Chasselas, Demeter, Evelyne Malnic, Fully, Guide des Vins en Biodynamie, Jacque Granges, La Capitaine, ladybug, Maision Féret, Marie-Therese Chappaz, organic, Ramond Paccot, Reynald Parmelin, Riesling-Sylvaner, Villeneuve, Vinatura label, wine books

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