Republished from Ellen’s Wine World, my new web site dedicated to Swiss wines LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Arvinis wine fair opens Wednesday evening 2 April and will pull in several thousand people before it closes Monday night 7 April. The sheer quantity of wine, some 2,500 from around the world at 150 stands, can be […]
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Reminder: Arvinis, “Sensory pleasure of Swiss reds”
Special offer! First 15 subscribers to Ellen’s Wine World will receive half-price entry tickets to Arvinis subscribe now MORGES, SWITZERLAND – There are still places for the tasting session I’ll be leading Friday 4 April at the Arvinis wine fair, “Sensory pleasure of Swiss reds”. The CHF65 class fee covers your entry (CHF30). You’ll have […]
Book review: Chandra Kurt on Swiss supermarket wines
Weinseller Guide des Vins 2014 by wine writer and consultant Chandra Kurt has been a hugely popular success in German-speaking Switzerland for a number of years, and now she’s brought out a French language version. CHF32, 284 pages. Available from publisher Werd & Weber or from the author. The book is a review of 575 […]
Chasselas fight divides the Swiss
Time for an ode to my adopted home country’s wine LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Chasselas-bashing and ardent defenses are suddenly fashionable in Swiss wine circles, puzzling to any outsiders who’ve fallen in love with the eponymous Vaudois white wine. The wine is also widely made in Geneva and, under the name fendant, in canton Valais. Think […]
Wine writer takes stock of Vaud, Swiss wines
I spent some good time with English wine writer Louise, from the south of France, at Vinocamp in Lausanne last Saturday. Here’s her take on Switzerland, Vaud and the vines here. I think her effort to de-mystify the complex and incomprehensible system of grand crus, AOCs and wine labels in general in Switzerland is quite […]