Swiss wines with a touch of Scotland! Today’s wines are both Pinot Noirs, nothing pale or timid about either of them, one from Givrins near Geneva and the other from the Swiss Alps.
Winespeak: grape varieties and varietals
The confusion about how to use varietal and varieties when talking about grapes and wines pops up so regularly that their definitions are worth repeating.
October and March shake hands
Tonight we will eat the last of our 2018 pumpkins, stored in the cellar since October. Yesterday the frogs arrived and began courting like mad in the pond while high in the trees the Alpine woodland larks began their melodious courting calls.
Book review: Roche et vin
This is a wonderful book that gathers up several scientific threads from several fields and makes them accessible to a lay public. The subject: how geology has formed the landscape that gave birth to Swiss vineyards and thus Swiss wines and the impact of all of this on contemporary wines.
A tourist at home: Crans-Montana views
It isn’t so bad playing tourist while staying home. Enjoy my photos of the Patrouille Suisse airshow and light in the mountains, Crans-Montana.