LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The art of aging beautifully has not always been appreciated by lovers of Swiss wines, but a group that includes many of the country’s best producers is working steadily to change this. The Memoire des Vins Suisse (MDVS) is a group that meets once a year to taste the wines in their […]
Wineries
Most intimate dining room in Switzerland
I paid a visit to Chateau Le Rosey in Bursins today, and was charmed by the entire chateau, but especially by what must be the tiniest, most intimate dining room in Switzerland. The vineyards that sweep down from the forest along the ridge to the chateau are remarkably green for early March.
The dawn of Swiss blends
Swiss wine writer Pierre Thomas has re-posted on his blog an article he recently wrote on the state of blends in the Swiss wine business (article in French). It’s a good overview that points to some excellent work done by a small group of pioneering producers in this country where there have been few exceptions […]
Burgundy winemaker taken to court over insecticide refusal
Republished from Ellen’s Wine World GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Wine producers in Switzerland are carefully watching a courthouse in Burgundy, just a small mountain range (Jura) away, where French winemaker Emmanuel Giboulot appeared before a Dijon judge Monday 24 February. Giboulet is accused of not following an agriculture department order issued to all wine grape growers […]
Swiss Ermitage aka Marsanne, circa 2014
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I tripped over a wine book chapter written in 1987 this morning, from a book called “Search for Good Wine” by John Hailman. What a great way to see how very much Swiss wines have changed in the past 25-plus years, but more than that, to see how much wine writing has […]