ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – When youth and age mix well it’s a beautiful thing to behold. The Mémoire and Friends wine tasting event today allows wineries to show off their newest vintages to people in the Zurich area, but there are also some exceptional older wines on show. The Mémoire is a group of some of […]
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Geneva wine awards, spotlight on the best
Fine blends, aromatic whites from 2014 vintage GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Gamay, Pinot Noir, Chasselas, Cabernet Franc and a blend were the official Geneva stars Wednesday evening at the canton’s annual wine awards, the Sélection des vins de Genève. The awards evening at the Hôtel de Ville shows off some of the best wines in the […]
Geneva’s open house: seek special treasures
Geneva holds its wineries’ open house day this Saturday, 30 May, a great chance to discover some of the little treasure chest wines hidden there. Grape names you rarely hear in Switzerland, or at least not in French-speaking Switzerland, like Scheurebe, Kerner, Findling, Dunkelfelder and Cabernet Dorsaz, are on the wine lists of several wineries. […]
Spain’s Grandes Pagos come to town
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A group of Spanish producers who form the Grandes Pagos de España association showed off some of their wines this week in Switzerland – in Zurich, Lausanne and Geneva. Some 20 members provided a nice contrast to the big industrial-style estates, a reminder that Spain has some beautiful wines being made at […]
Back from Merlot judging
Two days of judging Merlot wines in Sierre at the Mondial du Merlot prompted reflection on a number of points. The quality of the wine was overall good to very good, with a few exceptions for wines where the cellar needs to do more work. My own table of five judges had one “great gold” […]