MORGES, SWITZERLAND – Arvinis is just around the corner, 15-20 April, in Morges. Some 20,000 people flock to this spring wine fair every year, set on tasting the new releases from many of western Switzerland’s wineries. The guest of honour this year is Arvinis’s hometown host, the Association des vins de Morges, fitting, given that […]
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Nuit des vieux millésimes coming up
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One of the highlights on the wine calendar in French-speaking Switzerland has become the night when fine restaurants couple with top wineries to offer an evening of older vintages. March 19 will be the fourth Nuit des vieux millésimes, organized by Alexandre Truffer, who is the regional editor for the Vinum wine […]
What’s the deal with older wines?
I’m about to start a series of reports here on older vintage Swiss wines. I’ve hesitated because of a niggling question: why should the public care about them? What’s the big deal, as far as drinkers are concerned? First, some key dates if you want to taste vintage wines: Two excellent ways to enjoy and […]
Chasselas: a great 2013 vintage, but a disastrous year
Republished from ellenwine.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The weather catastrophes in 2013 left a strong mark on canton Vaud’s vineyards, and now we have the statistics from the canton to prove it. Only 21 million litres of wine were made, a 28 percent drop compared to the average for the previous 10 years, and the lowest […]
2013 was as bad as we thought, for Vaud vineyards
Vines suffered – but the wine is very good! LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The weather catastrophes in 2013 left a strong mark on canton Vaud’s vineyards, and now we have the statistics from the canton to prove it. Only 21 million litres of wine were made, a 28 percent drop compared to the average for the […]