GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – I’ve been on a sharp learning curve with Merlot wines. Let me share the experience with you. Judging a competition versus wine-tasting as a writer Judging a wine competition is completely different from the blind tastings to which journalists are invited. For the Mondial du Merlot I did […]
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World’s fine Merlots come of age in Zurich
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – The 2013 Merlot wine world champion is from Switzerland – Chamoson in canton Valais – and the best Merlot at the international Mondial du Merlot competition is from canton Ticino. The Swiss made an impressive showing, with canton Ticino alone winning but Merlots from Italy and France also […]
Sleuthing a Flaesch Pinot’s 91 points from Parker
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Here’s the news: Pinot Noir ’09 from Gantenbein winery in canton Graubuenden was given a note of 91 by Robert Parker wine reviewer Neal Martin. This comes on the heels of four Swiss wines mentioned recently by another Parker reviewer, David Schildknecht. The information was bundled into a press release from Swiss […]
Memoire des Vins Suisses group enlarged
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Memoire des Vins Suisses (MDVS) group of elite wine producers has just added 10 new members, a significant change, with nine of them not producers, but individuals who actively promote Swiss wines through their work. The Jean René Germanier winery in Vétroz, which left the group in 2008, has returned, bringing […]
Regional travel & wine: Switzerland’s surprising wines
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Torches light the lovely 15th-century cobblestone courtyard, once a two- or three-hour carriage ride from Geneva. A hum of voices carries from an open cellar door where soft candlelight offers a glimpse of amphoras and barrels. Upstairs, in a renovated area of the old Grand’Cour château, Jean-Pierre Pellegrin describes what makes his […]