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Travels

When I travel, I drink wine. In fact, I usually organize my travels around learning about it because wine isn't a beverage, it's a culture.

The many landscapes of Swiss wines in winter

21/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

This has been a busy travel week with visits to wineries in several cantons. The many faces of this country’s physical landscape are a never-ending pleasure, even in winter.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Aargau, fermentation tank, Graubünden, Lake Geneva lakefront, Swiss wine landscape, Swiss wineries, the landscape of Swiss wine, Valais wine, Vaud wine, winter weather

Snowfall on the Rhone Valley

13/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Vineyards the length of the upper Rhone in Valais were treated to a gentle snowfall Monday.

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Travels Tagged With: Leuk-Stadt, Miège, Salgesch, Salquenen, snowstorm, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, the landscape of Swiss wine, Val d'Anniviers, vineyards

Winter wine travels in Switzerland

09/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Be a tourist in Swiss vineyards in the winter! You’ll see the true landscape of Swiss wine: extraordinary geography and human hands meet, a continuation of a culture that reaches far back in time.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Bex, CFF/SBB, Chateau de Chillon, Chateau de Ravire, Denens, Fully, Geneva, Lavigny, Miège, Ollon, Stalden, Swiss trains, Swiss vineyards, Valais, Vaud, Vispa River, wine tourism, winter tourism, Zermatt

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

Winespeak: Why we say Valais, not the Valais

31/01/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Swiss cantons have official designations in German, French, Italian and English. Note that the English name is not “The Valais”, but Valais, with English usage clearly defined by the Swiss Confederation’s official style guide.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: etymology, official canton names in English, place name, Switzerland names for cantons, The Fine Line, Times Atlas of the World, Valais name

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