• Skip to content

Ellen's Wine World

SWISS ⁺ WINE ⁺ TRAVELS

Header Right

  • View ellenworldwine’s profile on Facebook
  • View ellenwine’s profile on Twitter
  • View ellenwallace’s profile on Instagram
  • View ellenwallace’s profile on Flickr
  • Home
    • Ellen Wallace profile
    • Portfolio
    • About: Swiss wine blog
  • Blog
    • News
    • Wineries
    • Food & dining
    • Travels
    • Garden & nature
    • Uncork now
    • Vineglorious! Swiss wine book
  • Book
    • Media Reviews
    • Index
  • Subscribe
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Search Results for: Rhone

Snowfall on the Rhone Valley

13/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Vineyards the length of the upper Rhone in Valais were treated to a gentle snowfall Monday.

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Travels Tagged With: Leuk-Stadt, Miège, Salgesch, Salquenen, snowstorm, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, the landscape of Swiss wine, Val d'Anniviers, vineyards

Little Swiss winery proves the exception for Rhone-loving Syrahs

25/05/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Vully is a small region familiar to Swiss lovers of fine wine, but worldwide fans of popular international wine, Syrah, will scratch their heads to hear the name – and yet a Syrah from here has just taken a surprise silver medal at the Mondial du Syrah wine […]

Filed Under: Food & dining

Tasting notes: a sampler of Côtes du Rhône wines, the whites and rosés

17/11/2011 by Ellen Wallace

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – For background, see my article, “Switzerland’s splendid neighbour: Côtes du Rhône”. In October I tasted and discussed at length with winesellers and sommeliers and other journalists a sampling of wines from the Côtes du Rhône region. Here are my notes on the whites and rosés (reds to follow). The first three wines are […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: "Chant Alouette" 2008, "Dame Rousse" 2010, "Fleur de Crussol" 2009, "Invitare" 2010, "Prieuré de Montézargues" 2010, Côtes du Rhone, France, Geneva, rosé: Tavel, Saint Péray, Switzerland, white: Condrieu, white: Hermitage, white: Saint Péray, wine news in English, winery Alain Voge in Cornas, winery Domaine de la Mordorée in Tavel, winery Michel Chapoutier in Tain l'Hermitage, winery Prieuré de Montézargues in Tavel

Swiss wines’ splendid neighbour: Côtes du Rhône

17/11/2011 by Ellen Wallace

2011 vintage: warm, deep cherry and plum notes await us after unusual year LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Good news arrived from France Monday, that 2011 wines from the Rhone Valley, after initial tastings, show wonderful promise. Grapes harvested at optimal ripeness are giving wines marked by fruitiness and warmth, with plum and deep cherry notes, verging […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 2011 vintage, Cote du Rhone, Côte du Rhone region, France, Geneva, reds, Rhone valley, tasting 2010, upper Valais, Vaud, whites

Very small sojourns in the Swiss Alps

07/05/2020 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

I came home from travels abroad March 29, a matter of poor timing, via an eerily empty world of airports I hadn’t planned to visit – 6 days of being bounced around en route to Geneva. I wandered through soundless stations, to a world that had been shutting down for nearly two weeks. Travel would […]

Filed Under: Garden & nature Tagged With: avocados, coronavirus, cover-19 airports, Crowdfarming, full moon, planting potatoes, Ricola sage, self-distancing, Swiss Alps, travels

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • …
  • Page 24
  • Next Page »
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Flickr
  • RSS
  • Privacy
  • Archives
  • Admin log-in

Copyright © 2023 · Parallax Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in