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Swiss and other wine news: great harvest, autumn fun, future of fairs

27/09/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Golden harvest of 2018 Grapes are in the air, literally, with the Swiss harvest moving out of the vineyards and into the cellars, where fermentation is adding pungent aromas to wine villages across the country. Facebook and Instagram images from wineries abound now, most of them featuring the finest grapes we’ve seen in a few […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aigle, Arvinis, Badoux, Cave Alain Emery, Chasselas, Chateau de Vaas, Cornalin, Domaine de la Colombe, Domaine des Chevaliers, Fête des vignerons, International Best of Wine Tourism, Marie-Jo Valente, Maurice Zufferey, Pinot Noir, Semaine du goût, Swiss harvest 2018, Swiss Wine Tourism Prize, Vinea, Vinum Montis

Organic wines: the high road to mainstream

15/07/2018 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

Wine drinkers who are hunting for organic wines, slow down! These wines aren’t created overnight, but we have taken such a fancy to the idea of them in Europe, in such a short time, that the winemaking business barely has a chance to keep up. More organic wines, quality up, prices higher The number of […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: biodynamic, Changins, Concour Vin Bio Suisse, Domaine Beau-Soleil, Domaine de Chambleau, herbicides, Mont-sur-Rolle, Nyon, organic wines, research, student project, sustainability, Vaud, Vinatura

Swiss and other wine news: top Chasselas, Verona, rosé fraud

12/07/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

World’s best Chasselas is from La Côte in Vaud – winery’s second time Cave de la Côte, a Swiss cooperative winery on the western edge of Lake Geneva, has won the top honour at the Mondial du Chasselas competition, which was held in early June: its La Montoise Esprit Terroir, Mont-sur-Rolle 2017 was named the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Cave de la Côte, Chateau de Châtagneréaz, fake rosé, France, Great Wine Capitals, Lausanne, Mondial du Chasselas, Spain, Verona

Swiss wine news: Geneva, Vaud official “selections” winners named

22/06/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Cantons Geneva and Vaud this week announced the winners of their “Selections”, the official wine competitions that each year name the best local wines in several categories. For Geneva, the wines are blind-tasted by a group of professionals trained by the cantonal wine office; the winners then represent the canton at several other wine competitions, […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: boar prize, Canton Vaud wine competition 2018, Château La Batie, Clos des Pins, Dizerens, Domaine de Chantegrive, Domaine de la Croix, Domaine de la Planta, Domaine de la Vigne Blanche, Domaine du Paradis, Eric Schopfer, fox prize, Geneva cantonal wine competition 2018, Le Champagnoux, Martial Neyroud, Pierre-Yves Poget, press prize, Sélection de Genève, Sélection Vins Vaudois, Swiss Wine Promotion prize, vignoble de la République et Canton de Genève, Yvan Parmelin

Swiss wine news: Organic winners

20/06/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

First certified organic competition winners named A slew of Swiss certified organic wines now boast gold and silver medals awarded by the first-ever Swiss Organic Wine (Bio Vino in French) competition, which took place in late May. The winners were announced in Bern 14 June. My favourite of course is the winner of the Press […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Azienda Agricola Bianchi, Begins, Bio Vino, Chateau d'Eclepens, Concour Vin Bio Suisse, Domaine de la Croix, Domaine la Capitaine, Eclepens, Solaris grape, Ticino, Vincy, Vinum magazine organic wine competition

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