MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Music and wine, a nice combo, was on the Montreux agenda late Thursday, with canton Vaud wine awards handed out. Mathieu Jaton, the new director of the Montreux Jazz Festival, opened the ceremony. Here’s the list of the top winners in each category. I’ll add my comments, links […]
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Mondial du Chasselas: happy wine surprises
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND /AMONG THE VINES – The second annual world wine competition for Chasselas, a white grape variety that is well known to anyone who has enjoyed the aperitif hour in Switzerland, turned up some surprises Friday evening in Aigle, canton Vaud. The world champion at the Mondial du Chasselas is German, overtaking scores of […]
Vaud winery open days: tips for visits
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – If you didn’t make it Saturday to the Caves Ouvertes, Vaud’s turn for wineries’ open days, it’s not too late and it’s a good option for a wet, wet Sunday. Here’s how it works: you pay CHF15 for a glass at your first winery, keep it with you […]
Sleuthing a Flaesch Pinot’s 91 points from Parker
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Here’s the news: Pinot Noir ’09 from Gantenbein winery in canton Graubuenden was given a note of 91 by Robert Parker wine reviewer Neal Martin. This comes on the heels of four Swiss wines mentioned recently by another Parker reviewer, David Schildknecht. The information was bundled into a press release from Swiss […]
Regional travel & wine: Switzerland’s surprising wines
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Torches light the lovely 15th-century cobblestone courtyard, once a two- or three-hour carriage ride from Geneva. A hum of voices carries from an open cellar door where soft candlelight offers a glimpse of amphoras and barrels. Upstairs, in a renovated area of the old Grand’Cour château, Jean-Pierre Pellegrin describes what makes his […]