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How one man changed the wine profile of Valais

05/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Wine education Switzerland hosts a number of educational classes, often with tastings, from schools and museums and various wine groups. They are a great way to learn more about the landscape of Swiss wines – the culture, history, heritage, geography and more. The 1001 lives of Dr Wuilloud Henry Wuilloud was the subject of an […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Completer, Diolinoir, Henry Wuilloud, history of Swiss wine, José Vouillamoz, Josef-Marie Chanton, Merlot, Müller-Thurgau, Musée du Vin du Valais, Pinot Blanc, Swiss grape varieties, Syrah, the landscape of Swiss wine, Valais Wine Museum

Vaud tallies results of 5 year pilot wine tourism project

22/03/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Switzerland has been a laggard for wine tourism, which has been successfully expanding in France and Italy for several years. France, for example, went from 7.5 million wine tourists in 2009 to more than 10 million in 2016 – with an increase of 40% more foreign tourists. Wineries everywhere are suffering from greater competition and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aigle, Association Vaud d'Oenotourism, Association Vaud d'oOenotourism, Chateau de Chillon, Henri Badoux, Swiss Wine Tourism Awards, Switzerland wine tourism, Valais wine tourism, Vaud wine tourism

Vaud honoured for stellar wines

29/10/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

BERN, SWITZERLAND – In a remarkable show, winning a number of top awards for Swiss wines, canton Vaud’s producers put their wines in the limelight Thursday evening. The honour of being named Swiss Winery of the Year went to the Domaine de la Ville de Morges, which has been harvesting a string of prizes in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: awards, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, prizes, Swiss national wine competition, Vinea, Vinum magazine

Long weekend: extra trains, traffic, weather, Vaud wines

28/05/2014 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Ascension weekend begins this evening, with many people in Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe taking a four-day weekend. Expect heavy traffic on the roads, so avoid peak travel times, suggests the Swiss Federal Highway Office. The CFF rail company is putting on extra trains to handle the increase in passengers. And […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries

Swiss artisanal wines: great wine needs patience

07/11/2013 by Ellen Wallace

Fourth in a 7-part series on the Swiss wine harvest 2013 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES  – Wine artisan Meinrad Gaillard is quick to say making wine isn’t about money but about loving to make great wine, and the secret to that is time. Slow wine, wine that spends years in the cellar before […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Wineries

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