Valais has a wonderful collection of wines, far richer in diversity than most wine-growing regions in the world. One of the real jewels among them is Petite Arvine, a wine which has a surprisingly salty finish. A friend who was translating a wine text recently asked me, “That can’t be right, can it? it’s not […]
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Top picks at Arvinis wine fair
What to expect and some of the great finds at Arvinis in Morges Notes on wines from California, Swiss top picks I spent a few hours Thursday at Arvinis and my first tip is this: do spit out the wine and do take along a bottle of water to keep yourself well hydrated if you’re […]
Vintage wine frauds face off with science (update)
Australians take advantage of nuclear fallout Brits and French prefer to shoot ion beams from particle accelerator Update 17:35 Australian researchers have succeeded, after 11 years of research and several hundred bottles of wine, in coming up with a new carbon-dating method to check the real age of vintage wines. It’s not cheap, but the […]
Let them drink wine! French fight binge drinking
France, like other European countries, is trying to work out how to best deal with teenage binge drinking and the latest advice from the experts is to offer wine tasting courses. Britain’s Guardian turned this into headline news, while France’s Le Monde relegated it to a small mention at the end of an article about […]
Valentine rosy-toned wines: sweet, dry, classy
Types of rosé and quality vary hugely Tradition has it that we drink hearty reds in winter and cool whites and pinks in summer, but excellent options for winter rosés exist. What better time to offer one than for St Valentines day? A fine glass of this on a sun-drenched Alpine balcony during a pause […]