For months I’ve been planning to bring my knowledge of the wines at La Cave de Genève up to date. I have tasted the improvements in the canton’s wines, and given that this winery is the largest one, producing about one-third of the wines, I wanted to understand what is going on. Yesterday I finally […]
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Identity theft! Goron the grape reclaims its name
Goron was one of the first wines I encountered in Switzerland, in a little village café in Vaud 30 years ago: a little “3 deci” glass pitcher of a very basic wine from “abroad”, meaning from Valais, the neighbouring canton. I wasn’t particularly impressed by the wine, but the quaintness of the place and this […]
Vaud honoured for stellar wines
BERN, SWITZERLAND – In a remarkable show, winning a number of top awards for Swiss wines, canton Vaud’s producers put their wines in the limelight Thursday evening. The honour of being named Swiss Winery of the Year went to the Domaine de la Ville de Morges, which has been harvesting a string of prizes in […]
2015 harvest: simply beautiful
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The weather gods have been good. The 2015 grape harvest is officially underway in many areas and we can now say it: very good to great wine grape quality in most parts of Switzerland, with a slight dip in quantity. The sun has been shining, the evenings have been cool, the rain […]
“Le Protagoniste” 2013
Domaine de la Ville de Morges Delightfully easy to drink, very good value for money, wonderful nose. I had it with simple tomato sauce pasta, would be curious to try it with a mild curry dish given the cloves and cardamom notes in the wine.