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Search Results for: Taramarcaz, Robert

Silver linings: Taramarcaz’s Domaine des Muses

03/02/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Silver linings, a series of profiles of award-winning producers: Switzerland has some of the world’s finest wines and its top winemakers are terroir artists. Domaine des Muses sweeps awards in Valais The first I heard of Robert Taramarcaz was when this young newcomer to Valais winemaking received warm applause and an evening of plaudits from […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: producers, wineries

Why it pays to visit small wineries

15/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

A glass of wine is of course much more than its contents. It’s a place, its geography and geology, its history, its people. When you visit a small winery, you have a chance to hear about this. Last weekend I went to Colline de Daval in Sierre to learn a bit about distilling, of which […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: apricots, Bertrand Monique Caloz-Evéquoz, castle, Chamoson, Charte St Théodule, Colline de Daval, Davalrone, distillery, Domaine des Muses, geology, Great gold medal, guest house, irrigation, kir, Merlot, Mondial des Pinots, Pinot Noir, raspberries, Rouvinez winery, Sierre, Sierre rockslide, Syrah, vignérons-encaveurs

Swiss wine tourism comes of age

24/06/2018 by Ellen Wallace 3 Comments

This could be a watershed year for Swiss wine, the year when wine tourism comes of age. Lausanne in March became one of the world’s 10 Great Wine Capitals, a network of wine centres that is behind the five-year-old International Best of Wine Tourism awards. Switzerland’s first awards, whose winners compete in the international awards, […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Amigne on the road, Arvinis, Best of Wine Tourism Awards, canton Vaud, Expovino, Féchy, Festival du Chasselas, Fête des Vignerons 2019, Geneva, Great Wine Capitals, Musée Valaisan du vin, Open cellar days, Pfyn-Finges Nature Park, Russin, Suisse oenotourisme, Swiss Wine Promotion, Swiss Wine Tourism, Vétroz, Vinea, Vinorama, Visit French Wine

Nuit des vieux millésimes coming up

11/03/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One of the highlights on the wine calendar in French-speaking Switzerland has become the night when fine restaurants couple with top wineries to offer an evening of older vintages. March 19 will be the fourth Nuit des vieux millésimes, organized by Alexandre Truffer, who is the regional editor for the Vinum wine […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Alexandre Truffer, Domaine des Muses winery, Mosimann's restaurant London, Nuit des vieux millésimes, Robert Taramarcaz

What’s the deal with older wines?

11/03/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

I’m about to start a series of reports here on older vintage Swiss wines. I’ve hesitated because of a niggling question: why should the public care about them? What’s the big deal, as far as drinkers are concerned? First, some key dates if you want to taste vintage wines: Two excellent ways to enjoy and […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Agriloro, Dominique Rouvinez, Henri Cruchon winery, Les Parfums du Vin, Meinfred Perler, older vintages, Raoul Cruchon, Räuschling, Richard Pfister, Rouvinez winery, Schwarzenbach winery, tertiary aromas, Zurich

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