GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It’s a busy wine news season in Switzerland. A corporate wine for watch clients; Vaud in Japan High-end watchmaker Hublot last week named Patrick Fonjallaz’s “Dézaley de L’Evêque” 2014 its 2015 wine of the year, with 1,000 bottles slated to carry the company’s name and be served to its clients. Hublot last […]
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Valais wine days, extreme weather bonus
Three days of open house for wineries in canton Valais, and three kinds of weather: the best to sample the huge variety of wines made in this largest of Swiss wine regions! Thursday 14 May was gloriously sunny, balmy weather that was perfect for tasting the new vintage white wines, from aperitif Fendants to Heida […]
A walk in Salgesch, Valais, in the rain
This was a very wet weekend in Switzerland, which meant I pretty much had the vineyards to myself, nice for photos as long as you don’t insist on sun in your images. This area is to the east (upriver side of the village) of the well-known Sierre-Salgesch vineyard trail, 6 km and 2.5 hours, that […]
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” […]
Merlot primer
The Mondial du Merlot world wine competition takes place this weekend in Sierre, canton Valais, and I’ll be taking part as a judge. Earlier today I was interviewed by WRS radio in Geneva about this grape and its wines, canton Ticino’s specialty. I mentioned a few wines on the show and promised to provide their […]