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Search Results for: Esprit de Genève

Esprit de Genève, Geneva area Gamays

16/04/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

I recently did two radio shows with WRS in Geneva. The first is about Esprit de Genève wines, red blends with strict quality charters, perfect as the seasons change. The second was an April Fool’s Day spoof, but listen long enough and you’ll learn some honest to goodness truths about Gamay wines from the Geneva […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Esprit de Genève, Gamay, WRS radio interviews

Vaud cooperative named Swiss Winery of the Year

25/10/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Cave de la Côte in Tolochenaz, canton Vaud, has been named the Swiss Winery of the Year 2019 by the Vinea Association and Vinum magazine. The title is awarded as part of the Grand Prix des Vins Suisses, the largest competition for Swiss wines, which had 3,254 wines entered by 544 wineries. The wines are […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: 2019 awards, Cave Caloz, Cave de la Côte, Chasselas, Coteau d’Aubonne Esprit Terroir 2018, Domaine de Chafalet, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse awards, Maison Gilliard, Sélection Excelsus, Swiss cooperative, Vinea, Vinum magazine

Swiss wine news: Geneva, Vaud official “selections” winners named

22/06/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Cantons Geneva and Vaud this week announced the winners of their “Selections”, the official wine competitions that each year name the best local wines in several categories. For Geneva, the wines are blind-tasted by a group of professionals trained by the cantonal wine office; the winners then represent the canton at several other wine competitions, […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: boar prize, Canton Vaud wine competition 2018, Château La Batie, Clos des Pins, Dizerens, Domaine de Chantegrive, Domaine de la Croix, Domaine de la Planta, Domaine de la Vigne Blanche, Domaine du Paradis, Eric Schopfer, fox prize, Geneva cantonal wine competition 2018, Le Champagnoux, Martial Neyroud, Pierre-Yves Poget, press prize, Sélection de Genève, Sélection Vins Vaudois, Swiss Wine Promotion prize, vignoble de la République et Canton de Genève, Yvan Parmelin

Ski slopes and Petite Arvine

11/03/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Note: At the end here you’ll find an interview done with me by Tony Johnston at WRS radio in Geneva, about Petite Arvine, one of Switzerland’s most interesting “native” specialty grapes. Tony and I have agreed to talk about a Swiss wine pick of mine every three weeks. This is not a commercial agreement and […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: André Fontannaz, Benoît Dorsaz, Cave de la Madeleine, dry wine, Fully, Leuk, native grape Switzerland, Petite Arvine, Rouvinez, sweet wine, WRS radio

Regional travel & wine: Switzerland’s surprising wines

15/02/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Republished from GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Torches light the lovely 15th-century cobblestone courtyard, once a two- or three-hour carriage ride from Geneva. A hum of voices carries from an open cellar door where soft candlelight offers a glimpse of amphoras and barrels. Upstairs, in a renovated area of the old Grand’Cour château, Jean-Pierre Pellegrin describes […]

Filed Under: Travels

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