GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The 2011 grape harvest promises to bring us some beautiful wines, but we’ll have to wait a while for them to mature in their barrels and tanks and then in their bottles next spring. Yesterday in canton Valais I spotted several vineyards where the harvest is still going on. Meanwhile, as the […]
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Vinea offers a great chance to learn about Swiss wines
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Vinea opens its doors Friday night 2 September, giving the public a great opportunity to sample 1,500 wines from 150 Swiss wine producers as well as those of the guest of honour, Sicily. This is not only a fun event, with white tents lining the main street of Sierre for the entire […]
Oeil-de-Perdrix 2010, Château d’Auvernier
Wine tasting notes, Swiss rosé wines wine video, rosé Rosé wine, dry Grape variety: Pinot Noir Winery: Château d’Auvernier Location: Auvernier, canton Neuchatel Price at the winery: n/a View this wine reviewed in French by Laurent Probst and in German by Gabriel Tinguely Complete list of GenevaLunch Swiss wine videos, produced by RomanDuVin Click on […]
Oeil-de-Perdrix La Canaille 2010, Albert Biollaz Chamoson
Wine tasting notes, Swiss rosé wines wine video, rosé Rosé wine, medium dry Grape variety: Pinot Noir Winery: Biollaz Vins Location: Chamoson, canton Valais Price at the winery: CHF14.90 (75 cl) at Giroud Vins View this wine reviewed in French by Laurent Probst and in German by Gabriel Tinguely Complete list of GenevaLunch Swiss wine […]
List of top 66 Swiss wines in national Grand Prix
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Here’s the list of the 66 wines that are finalists in the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse 2011 national wine competition, by category, in alphabetical order within each category. These are the wines I wrote about yesterday that will compete for the 33 gold and silver medals to be awarded in October, […]