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Search Results for: Vinatura

Organic wines: the high road to mainstream

15/07/2018 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

Wine drinkers who are hunting for organic wines, slow down! These wines aren’t created overnight, but we have taken such a fancy to the idea of them in Europe, in such a short time, that the winemaking business barely has a chance to keep up. More organic wines, quality up, prices higher The number of […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: biodynamic, Changins, Concour Vin Bio Suisse, Domaine Beau-Soleil, Domaine de Chambleau, herbicides, Mont-sur-Rolle, Nyon, organic wines, research, student project, sustainability, Vaud, Vinatura

Wine language: amphores, eggs, biodynamic (update)

16/10/2014 by Ellen Wallace 8 Comments

Demeter and Swiss biodynamic vines Update: just after I posted this, Jacques Perrin’s latest blog post arrived, about the course I followed last week. It’s in French, but for anyone who reads French, it’s a good review of some of the current thinking about the use of cement eggs, amphores, etc. Correction: Writer Wink Lorch […]

Filed Under: Vineglorious! Swiss wine book, Wineries Tagged With: amphores, biodynamic, concrete eggs, José Vouillamoz, organic, Pierre Thomas, Robert McIntosh, Vineglorious! book reviews

Celebrating a book’s final word

17/07/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Yesterday I returned from a week of daunting work in New York with book designer/illustrator and artist Mary Tiegreen; we finished my book on Swiss wines, due out mid-August. This afternoon I’m picking up the first proofs from the printer. I’m so pleased – it is absolutely beautiful! A small team of proofreaders worked with […]

Filed Under: Vineglorious! Swiss wine book, Wineries Tagged With: Chateau Lichten, Cornalin, Humagne Rouge, integrated production, red blend, Rouvinez, Syrah, Vinatura, Vitiswiss

Biodynamic wines, slipping into the mainstream

22/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

New guide provides useful tool GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Organic wines, known as “bio” in French, and more particularly biodynamic wines, were long regarded suspiciously by many consumers, conjuring up vague (and not quite right) images of hippy wines made with animal horns and consumed with unpalatable brown rice. Those were the bad old days and […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alexandre Truffer, Anne Mueller, Beudon, biodynamic wines, Chasselas, Demeter, Evelyne Malnic, Fully, Guide des Vins en Biodynamie, Jacque Granges, La Capitaine, ladybug, Maision Féret, Marie-Therese Chappaz, organic, Ramond Paccot, Reynald Parmelin, Riesling-Sylvaner, Villeneuve, Vinatura label, wine books

Gamay, Arcenant 2009 Pierre Mandry (vinification, Marie-Therese Chappaz)

05/10/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Wine tasting notes, Swiss red wines wine video, red Red wine, dry Grape variety: Gamay Winery: Pierre Mandry, Domaines des Racettes Location: Founex, canton Vaud Price at the winery: n/a (sells mainly to restaurants) View this wine reviewed in French by Laurent Probst and in German by Gabriel Tinguely Complete list of GenevaLunch Swiss wine […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Arcenant, canton Vaud, Founex, Gamay, Pierre Mandry, red wines Marie-Thérèse Chappaz, Swiss wine tasting notes

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