I stopped by to watch as neighbour Jacques Rochat and his team replanted 4,000 m2 of Chasselas vines Wednesday, in Saint Prex. Daunting work, even with a tractor, and they were taking a welcome […]
Esprit de Genève, Geneva area Gamays
I recently did two radio shows with WRS in Geneva. The first is about Esprit de Genève wines, red blends with strict quality charters, perfect as the seasons change. The second was an April Fool's Day […]
New quality charter for 2 Vully wines
Pierre Thomas, writing in Fribourg newspaper La Liberté, points to a new quality charter for wines from two grapes in the Vully area, Freiburger and Traminer that deserve to be more widely known. When […]
Tourmentin turns 30
A couple of photos, the start to a beautiful day of tasting 30 years of Tourmentin, a red blend from the Rouvinez winery in Sierre. Details to follow but suffice it to say, for now, that this was a […]
Swiss gold in liquid form
Withered Pinot Gris grapes make a luscious sweet wine A beautiful reincarnation began on the mountainside above Aigle last Saturday: 60 0 kg of shriveled and mostly unattractive grapes were snipped […]
Swiss wine directory in the making: review
Check out the pilot for a project that will be appreciated by consumers, an online directory of all Swiss wineries. It was presented to journalists during the Vinea Swiss Wines Fair in Sierre 10 days […]
Rouvinez winery wins Swiss business award
BERN, SWITZERLAND - The Rouvinez winery in Sierre was awarded the Amag Family Business Award 2014 Friday 5 September in Bern, out of a field of 100 candidates, some of whom were pre-selected and the […]
New member for Vaud’s Chateaux group
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - The Clos, Domaines & Châteaux group of wineries in canton Vaud has added a new member, bringing the group to 26. The Clos de L'Abbaye in Yvorne is a very special addition: […]
Morge’s terrific little wine tasting deal
A group of wineries in the Morges area in canton Vaud has created an offer to make it easier for visitors to sample wines. English-speakers, you will be happy to know they are doing this in English as […]
Celebrating a book’s final word
Yesterday I returned from a week of daunting work in New York with book designer/illustrator and artist Mary Tiegreen; we finished my book on Swiss wines, due out mid-August. This afternoon I'm […]