In brief: the Chateau de Chillon near Montreux has won the first Swiss wine tourism award. The awards given in Cully 8 September included: honorable mention to Lavaux Patrimoine Mondial , “Event” award to Weinweg Weinfelden (Thurgau) and for “Gastronomy”, the Moulin de Cugy. Canton Vaud continues its charm campaign in Japan, building a high-end following […]
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Tickets to Arvinis wine fair
Write to wallace at ellenworld.com with the name of my Swiss wine book and your Swiss address and – as long as my supply of tickets lasts – I will mail you 2 tickets to the Arvinis wine fair in Montreux, well under way today. Write by Friday 17:00 to get tickets by Saturday morning. […]
Dear women: let’s get smarter about wine
Alcohol, religion, health, sexiness, food and wine – the debates over how much or how little wine you can or should or should not drink and when and with what or whom: the talk goes on and on. Meanwhile, women have nearly caught up with men when it comes to drinking, and that doesn’t just […]
Best Swiss wines 2016 named
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The winners of the annual Swiss wine awards for 2016 were named Wednesday evening 26 October in Bern as part of the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse gala evening that attracts some 400 people from the Swiss wine world. (photos tomorrow, Thursday, of some of the winners) Part of the press release […]
Top picks, reds from Vinea fair
I normally opt to taste a lot of Pinot Noir at the Vinea Wine Fair, but this year my focus was other reds, in particular Gamays and Cornalins. My notes on favourites from tasting them yesterday – Friday – follow, ending with other reds that were among my top wines tasted at Vinea. This year […]