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Search Results for: terravin

Terravin’s Chasselas top wines unveiled

20/11/2015 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Platine Terravin results are keenly awaited every year, just weeks after the harvest is in; the relatively new Mondial du Chasselas wine competition held in the summer hasn’t taken any of the shine off this annual event that puts the spotlight on some of Switzerland’s best Chasselas wines. This year’s winner […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News, Wineries Tagged With: Bolles, Chasselas, competition, Croix Duplex, Féchy, Filet d'Or, Grandvaux, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Morges, Platine, quality label, Terravin, Vaud, Violier

Chasselas, mon amour!

05/12/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

November brightened by gold in Lausanne The gold in question is beautiful Chasselas wines, 16 of them that have been selected over the course of a year by the quality label Terravin‘s industry experts. These are technically the best of canton Vaud’s Chasselas wines, out of 409 wines that had already received the Terravin quality […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News, Wineries Tagged With: Aigle, Chablais AOC, Chasselas, Hospices Cantonaux, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Lausanne, Terravin Lauriers de Platine, Vaud wine, Villeneuve Grand Cru, Vins Vaudois

Swiss garner wealth of medals at world wine show

13/05/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

In a series of blind-tastings of 9,200 wines over three days, by 350 judges, where no one knew the country of origin of any of the wines, Switzerland was the fifth most bemedalled country at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, a remarkable feat.

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aigle, books on Swiss wine in English, Cave Philippe Bovet, Cayas, Celliers du Chablais, Chandra Kurt, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Clos de Géronde, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2019, Cornalin, Domaine des Muses, Domaine la Capitaine, Domaines Rouvinez, Heida, Jean-Daniel Coeytaux, Jean-René Germanier, Merlot, Petite Arvine, Provins, Sur les traces des Titans, Swiss Brut, Swiss wine landscape, Terravin, the landscape of Swiss wine

Wine tastings: how & where we learn about wine

17/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

I learn about wine in four main ways, or places: the first and most important is with meals, at home or dining out, because wine is at its showy or discreet best when paired well with food and enjoyed because you’re relaxing. To learn here, you need to pay attention, though, and sometimes we drink […]

Filed Under: Vineglorious! Swiss wine book, Wineries Tagged With: agenda, Bistro Hotel Royale Geneva, Cave SA, Chateau de Villa Sierre, Coop Mondovino, Divinum, Divo, L'Instant Vin, Memoire des Vins Suisses, open wineries, Open winery days, ProVino, Swiss Wine Promotion, Swiss Wine Tourism, Vinea, Vinorama

Uncork now: 2 Vaud red blends

08/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Several wineries now make Garanoir-Gamaret blends which tend to give a wine that is easy to drink, more robust than a Pinot Noir yet lighter than the more tannic wines such as Syrah and Cornalin, which are popular as hearty reds in Switzerland.

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: Changins, disease resistant, Domaine des Remans, Domaine Mermetus, Gamaret, Garanoir, Givrins, Lavaux, Lavigny, Les Perriéres, Mara, new grape varieties, Philippe Bovet, Rossier family, Satigny, Swiss red blends

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