Fourth in a 7-part series on the Swiss wine harvest 2013 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Wine artisan Meinrad Gaillard is quick to say making wine isn’t about money but about loving to make great wine, and the secret to that is time. Slow wine, wine that spends years in the cellar before […]
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Swiss wine awards: Vaud shines
Valais cooperative Provins named Winemaker of the Year BERN, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Provins in Sion, Valais, a cooperative that is the country’s largest wine producer, walked away from the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse (GPVS) awards in Bern Tuesday night with the title of Swiss Winemaker of the Year 2103 for its […]
Swiss wines 2013: nature makes the calls
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Winery Henri Cruchon in Echichens, just above the Morges Hospital, makes the kind of excellent quality and comfortable wines that let you forget life’s stresses. It’s easy for those of us who drink them to forget that when the time arrives to harvest the grapes the pressure suddenly rises sharply for everyone […]
Wine pick: La Chàtagneréaz 2012
ELLEN’S WINE WORLD – Red wine, La Chàtagneréaz Mont-sur-Rolle 2012 Grand Cru. Winery: Château de Châtagneréaz. Notes: Despite its youth, a wine big enough for a meal, good with red meat, grilled foods. Red with purple highlights. Nose of red fruits, black cherries, should be more intense with age. Round in mouth, tannins are smooth. […]
This year’s best Vaud Chasselas and other wines
MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Music and wine, a nice combo, was on the Montreux agenda late Thursday, with canton Vaud wine awards handed out. Mathieu Jaton, the new director of the Montreux Jazz Festival, opened the ceremony. Here’s the list of the top winners in each category. I’ll add my comments, links […]