Perfect pairing: liver and onions with Humagne Rouge, and for another night, Zurich Räuschling with Gruyère fondue.
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Humagne Rouge, St Saphorin, Vaud
A surprise, this one, with most Humagne Rouge from its home canton, Valais. St Saphorin, which sits on the shores of Lake Geneva, has a fine Humagne Rouge, from the Cave du Château de Glérolles, a fine old castle that juts out into the lake. We drank the 2013 with a fun and comforting Saturday […]
Humagne en fete, in its hometown
Leytron in Valais is hosting a fête centred around Humagne, native Valais wine grape variety that calls this place home. Spectacular golden vineyards, beautiful rustic red wines.
Wine of the week: hunkering down for January with Humagne Rouge
The holidays are over, summer barbecues with cool whites and rosés are far in the distance, but there is a Swiss wine that is a delightful treat this time of year, when the snow lies round about, and roasts and stews tickle our noses. Humagne Rouge is a canton Valais wine specialty that originally hails […]
Servagnin’s 600th birthday
This is the wine you must not miss in 2020. You might have to line up to taste it, but it’s worth the trouble. This is Servagnin’s 600th birthday year. Its story is charming and it is a wine worth celebrating. This may be as close as we get to what Burgundies once tasted like, […]