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Uncork now: a Spanish gold medal red, 15 May

16/05/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Roble wines are lighter and fresher, but they don’t always bring out the best in the Tempranillo grape, called Tinto Fino or Tinto País in Ribera del Duero. The 2017 Protos version is a very good example of what this wine can and should be. […]

Filed Under: Uncork now, Wineries Tagged With: Protos, reserva, Ribera del Duero, roble, Spanish crianza wine, Spanish wine

Uncork now: friends of asparagus, 11 May 2019

11/05/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Right behind the Bains de Saillon, where I recently went swimming to kick off the annual spring fitness burst, is a farmer’s hut where I bought some tiny white asparagus. At home I cooked them in a fine risotto, and I was hooked: asparagus season was upon us. I went back to photograph some of […]

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: asparagus, Païen, Petite Arvine, Pinot Blanc, Valais

Uncork now, Basel beauties

16/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

I saw just how good wines from Basel could be, during a two-day meeting 11-12 April in that city, with the Mémoire des Vins Suisses. Its newest winery member, Weingut Jauslin, impressed me by its overall quality.

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: Basel Land, Basel Landschaft, Basel wine, GaultMillau, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Mondial des Pinots, Mueller-Thurgau, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Noir, Riesling-Silvaner, Weingut Jauslin

Uncork now, 5 April 2019

05/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

I tasted two reds at Divinum that I would encourage you to try, both of them top end wines, priced accordingly. The first is a classic example of what you can get from Pinot Noir if your grapes are in the right place and you know what you’re doing. The second displays the potential of Humagne Rouge.

Filed Under: Uncork now, Wineries Tagged With: Appenzell, Cornalin, Cornulus, Humagne Blanche, Humagne Rouge, Pinot Noir, Schmid Wetli winery, Swiss wine landscape, the landscape of Swiss wine, Valais

Uncork now, 1 April 2019

01/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

A dashingly handsome new Chardonnay (first vintage) from Weinfelden in Thurgau and a charming and rare Freiburger from Vully in Fribourg

Filed Under: Food & dining, Uncork now, Wineries Tagged With: Chardonnay, Fabrice Simonet, Freiburger, Freisamer, Lake Morat, Le Petit Château, Martin Wolfer, Morat-Vully, Murtensee, Pinot Noir, Thurgau

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