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Search Results for: Merlot

Uncork now: Geneva Roussanne & Merlot

31/01/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Geneva: What is changing is the steady recent climb in the number of unusual wines that you might not expect to find here.

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: Aire-le-Ville, Cave de Genéve, Christophe Bosson, Domaine d'Esize, Geneva wines, hard wheat, Jean-Michel Novelle, Le Grand Clos, Merlot, pioneer winemakers, Roussanne, Sadtigny, vins de Genève

Vinea weekend, Pinot and Merlot stars

02/09/2016 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

The outdoor Vinea Wine Fair is this weekend in Sierre, one of your best opportunities to sample a good range of Swiss wines, with some 150 producers present from around the country. Weather forecast: just about perfect, with temperatures of 13 to 29C and sunny Friday, some cloud cover and 14 to 28C Saturday. Tickets […]

Filed Under: News

Best of Merlots: Zurich awards

27/05/2016 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

New vs Old World Merlots; love at first sip The top wine at the Mondial du Merlot, which handed out awards 18 May in Zurich, is from Uruguay’s Bouza Bodega Boutique – a winner that provided the start of some interesting discoveries made during the event (it also made me want to catch the next […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Argentina, awards, Beetschen, Bouza, Brivio, Dézaley, Gialdi, Krasia May, Moncucchetto, Mondial du Merlot, Monti, Philippe Bovet, Platinum, Rovio, Tamborini, Ticino, Uruguay, Uvavin, Zurich

“Cachoterie Merlot”, Cave Beetschen

04/11/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Voluptuous is the first word that comes to mind. Fruity, oak fully integrated, round and luscious. Just right for lifting the spirits on these gray Lake Geneva days as the fog and early winter start to surround us. I bought this some time back and cellared it – highly recommend doing this to let it […]

Type: Red Grapes: Merlot Country: Switzerland Prince range: Over CHF25

Back from Merlot judging

29/04/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Two days of judging Merlot wines in Sierre at the Mondial du Merlot prompted reflection on a number of points. The quality of the wine was overall good to very good, with a few exceptions for wines where the cellar needs to do more work. My own table of five judges had one “great gold” […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Mondial du Merlot, Vinea, wine competitions

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