ELLEN’S WINE WORLD / FRENCH WINES – Red wine, French, Côte du Rhône. Domaine de Mourchon “Grande Réserve” 2011, AOC Séguret These are our neighbours, just a couple hours down the Rhone river from Geneva, where the wines start to become bigger, richer, more powerful. One of the rising stars, as French wine media are […]
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Swiss artisanal wines: great wine needs patience
Fourth in a 7-part series on the Swiss wine harvest 2013 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Wine artisan Meinrad Gaillard is quick to say making wine isn’t about money but about loving to make great wine, and the secret to that is time. Slow wine, wine that spends years in the cellar before […]
Swiss wine awards: Vaud shines
Valais cooperative Provins named Winemaker of the Year BERN, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Provins in Sion, Valais, a cooperative that is the country’s largest wine producer, walked away from the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse (GPVS) awards in Bern Tuesday night with the title of Swiss Winemaker of the Year 2103 for its […]
Future travel: more Gotthard trains, Geneva bus & route shifts
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Gotthard tunnel will have an additional train track if the government has its way, and Geneva’s trams and buses will see some routing changes for 2014 as construction starts on the Ceva project. These plus a bid by private investors to back an oft-suggested Lake Geneva crossing project are part of […]
Thoiry wine fair
Big annual wine fair in Thoiry, France, with 48 producers from SW France, Alsace, Pays de Gex, Jura, Rhône region, Provence, Bordeaux, Champagne and Italy.