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Swiss wine 2009 vintage report

06/12/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

10 years on, how well are these wines doing? The Mémoire des Vins Suisses has become so well known as a collection of some of the finest wine producers in Switzerland that it’s easy to forget the original idea behind the group was to create a bank of diverse Swiss wines with aging potential and […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: aged Chasselas, aged wines, Agriloro, Azienda Mondò, Clos Marta, Cornalin, Denis & Catherine Mercier, Liesch, Madeleine Mercier, Memoire & Friends, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Merlot, Möhr-Niggli, oaked Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir, Roberto e Andrea Ferrari, Swiss Wine Vintage Award 2019, Swiss wine vintages, Switzerland vintage 2009, Syrah, Tenuta San Giorgio, Zwaa Osterfingen Oberhallau

Matter of taste 2019 walkabout, comparing wines

28/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

This was a walkabout tasting of fine wines that let me compare different Swiss wineries’ Pinot Noirs. It was also an opportunity to make other types of comparisons among wines that have been given at least 90 points by Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate.

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Aargau, Amigne, Balin, Barbengo, Bouvet-Jabloir, Cantina Kopp von der Crone Visini, Cayas, Chenin Blanc, Clos Marta, Cornalin Chamaray, David Schildknecht, Domaine du Chapître de la Cathédrale, Donatsch, fine wines, Graubünden, Heida, Irto, Jean-René Germanier, Louis Bovard, Maienfeld, Maître de Chais, Matter of Taste 2019, Matthias Gubler, Medinette, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Merlot, Mitis, Möhr-Niggli, Neuchatel, Peter Wegelin, Petite Arvine, Pinot Noir, Provins, Robert Parker, Roche et vin, Sauvignon, Savagnin, Signature, Stein und Wein, Stephan Reinhardt, Stephen Spurrier, Swiss wine landscape, Syrah, the landscape of Swiss wine, Wine Advocate, Wittnau, Zurich wine tastings

Recent wine fun, Best of Swiss Wine Tourism

02/10/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Prologue: cycling, diplomats, wine in Spain I haven’t been writing here much lately. This summer has been devoted mainly to three things: renovating a garden, building up physical strength following three major orthopaedic surgeries in 15 months and working on a collection of essays and another of short stories. But there has been, happily, time […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Ardea seal, Best of Swiss Wine Tourism, Cave Emery, Cave La Tornale, Chamoson, Chateau d'Aigle, Espace Terroir Miège, Genussregion Wildlingen, Hirschens Weinhaus, In Gir Par Cantin, Jean-Daniel Favre, Mondial du Chasselas, Oenoparc des Celliers de Sion, organic wines in Spain, Petite Arvine, Pintes Ouvertes Vaudoise, Provins, Schlaf-fass, Society Marbella magazine, Spanish white wines, Sur les traces des Titans, Swiss diplomats wine, Vins du Valais Cyclosportive

Five Swiss rare wines

17/04/2016 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

LOCARNO, SWITZERLAND – Thursday evening I gave a talk to a sellout crowd at the Anglo-Swiss Club in Locarno on unusual and rare Swiss grape varieties. We then tasted five of these wines. Here are some brief notes on the wines, with contact information for the wineries. All of these wines are produced in limited […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Travels, Vineglorious! Swiss wine book, Wineries Tagged With: Anglo-Swiss Club of Locarno, book-signing, Cave les Sentes, Completer, Cornalin, Denis & Catherine Mercier, Donatsch, Hotel Belvedere, Matasci, Räuschling, Rèze, Schwarzenbach, Serge Hemoz, Servagnin, tasting, Ville de Morges

Valais winery Ch. Bonvin named Winery of the Year

22/10/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

BERN, SWITZERLAND – Charles Bonvin, one of the oldest wineries in canton Valais, and a family enterprise, was named the Swiss Winery of the Year Tuesday 21 October at a gala event in Bern. The title was awarded along with gold and silver medals and special prizes at a gala event for the Grand Prix […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Grand Prix du Vin Suisse awards

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