Lavaux, Vaud (Le Temps, Fre) – If all goes well and the Unesco World Heritage sites committee votes in its favour, the 14 villages near Lausanne that make up Lavaux will be ringing their church bells Thursday at 10:00. It has taken Lavaux’s population 1,000 years to carve out the impressive 800 ha of terraced […]
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Swiss wines tasted in August: my top picks
Remember when we were watering the vines? Oh, for those warm, dry days of summer, early August, now that the first snow is falling in the Swiss Alps! I’ve been reviewing my notes for wines I enjoyed at two August events, to share some of my favourites with you. The August wine-tastings were part of […]
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PLEASE NOTE: ELLEN’S WINE WORLD MOVED TO Substack IN 2022. THESE PAGES ARE NOW ARCHIVES ONLY. COMMENTS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED. YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW NEWSLETTER DIRECTLY ON SUBSTACK. Ellen Wallace on the landscape of Swiss wine: I had my first glass of Chasselas in Vevey in the early 1980s. I quickly fell […]
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Note: August 2022 move to Substack Samples of wine and travel writing and a few links to journalism commissioned by publications over the years are listed below. I am an independent wine and travel writer in a field where this is increasingly rare, but I believe consumers need the credibility we can offer: I don’t […]
Travels in Sardinia: a tourist’s tips
Where is this place? Personally, and I blush to say it, a year ago I was sure only that Sardinia was an island, part of Italy, somewhere near Sicily. Obviously, I have never sailed in the Mediterranean. When I was invited on an educational trip to learn about Cannonau wines, I dashed to Google Maps. I then […]