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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

Tradition, winemaking’s great myth

18/02/2017 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Note: I asked Alexandre if I could translate and publish an English version of this because I felt the article makes a very important point, one not often heard. As a wine writer who is on the fringes of the wine industry – I don’t sell wine, I don’t promote wineries for money – I’m bothered by […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Alexandre Truffer, grape varieties, Griffe law, natural wines, phylloxera, phytosanitary products, tradition, treatments, vine chimera

Best Swiss wines 2016 named

26/10/2016 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

BERN, SWITZERLAND – The winners of the annual Swiss wine awards for 2016 were named Wednesday evening 26 October in Bern as part of the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse gala evening that attracts some 400 people from the Swiss wine world. (photos tomorrow, Thursday, of some of the winners) Part of the press release […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bern, GPVS, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse 2016, Swiss national wine awards, Vinea, Vinum magazine

Int’l competitions: Winning Pinot wines named

02/09/2016 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Austrian cellar named ““Gran Maestro du Pinot Noir” Two Valais wines win Grand Or top awards SIERRE, SWITZERLAND – Austrian winery Weingut Schlosshalbturn from Halbturn was named the winner of the prestigious “Gran Maestro du Pinot Noir” at the Mondial des Pinots wine competition in Sierre Friday 2 September. Two wineries from canton Valais in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: awards, Mondial des Pinots, Pinot Noir, prizes 2016, Sierre, Vinea

Swiss gold in liquid form

28/01/2015 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Withered Pinot Gris grapes make a luscious sweet wine A beautiful reincarnation began on the mountainside above Aigle last Saturday: 60 0 kg of shriveled and mostly unattractive grapes were snipped off the vines and began a slow transformation into a rich gold liquid that is one of the treasures of Switzerland, at the Badoux […]

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