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Rioja’s new diversity

01/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Blame climate change, young people leading busy urban lives and our capricious natures. Whatever the reasons, Spain’s Rioja region is diversifying, and this week I was invited to sample new and old red wines that demonstrate this. The result was cheering, with a good mix of wines, some of which make me want to head […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Contino Viña del Olivo 2014, El Ribazo 2014, Franck Giovannini, Gran Reserva 890 vintages 2005, Gran Reserva 904 vintage 2009, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, La Rioja Alta, Oinoz Crianza 2014, Pradolagar 2015, Rioja, Rioja Summit Lausanne, Rioja wine

Jancis Robinson, Vineglorious book review

28/12/2016 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

(Update, 29 December: many thanks to Jancis Robinson for permission to republish in its entirety a new review of my Swiss wine book ). A series of reviews by JR staffer Tamlyn Currin includes a review of Vineglorious! Switzerland’s Wondrous World of Wines, published 27 December. Currin ran a series of year-end book reviews in 2015 and they were so popular […]

Filed Under: Vineglorious! Swiss wine book Tagged With: Gamay, Jancis Robinson, Labor of Love, Lavaux, Piedmont wines, Plant Robert, Rèze, Suzanne Hoffman, Tamlyn Currin, Vineglorious! book reviews

Vineglorious! book’s living Index

If you would like a printed copy of the index for your book, please contact me at ellen@ellenwine.com. You can also download and print the two-page Vineglorious index, PDF, identical to the one below, but without the links. Index: Vineglorious! Switzerlnd’s Wondrous World of Wines Note that grape variety descriptions appear in the margins throughout […]

About Chasselas, Switzerland’s emblematic wine

09/08/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland produces and consumes more red wine than white, a fact that surprises many people. Surely, I hear the protesting voices, the lovely crisp white aperitif wine that you see and drink everywhere must be the main wine? We’re talking about Chasselas, Switzerland’s justifiably most famous grape, of which some 40 million […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: aging potential, Chasselas, floral, fruity, Geneva, José Vouillamoz, mineral, Neuchatel, regional differences, unfiltered, Valais, Vaud, when to drink it, young

Out of town guests for New Year’s weekend? Serve Swiss!

31/12/2008 by Ellen Wallace

‘Tis the season for overseas guests and non-Swiss friends to drop in for a sociable drink or two. Here are some suggestions for showing off the fine wines of Switzerland. Aperitif food, uncomplicated Keep it simple – Swiss wines work well with Swiss air-dried meats and cheese platters for late afternoon or early evening. Dried […]

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