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Alexandre Truffer

Tradition, winemaking’s great myth

18/02/2017 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Note: I asked Alexandre if I could translate and publish an English version of this because I felt the article makes a very important point, one not often heard. As a wine writer who is on the fringes of the wine industry – I don’t sell wine, I don’t promote wineries for money – I’m bothered by […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Alexandre Truffer, grape varieties, Griffe law, natural wines, phylloxera, phytosanitary products, tradition, treatments, vine chimera

Nuit des vieux millésimes coming up

11/03/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One of the highlights on the wine calendar in French-speaking Switzerland has become the night when fine restaurants couple with top wineries to offer an evening of older vintages. March 19 will be the fourth Nuit des vieux millésimes, organized by Alexandre Truffer, who is the regional editor for the Vinum wine […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Alexandre Truffer, Domaine des Muses winery, Mosimann's restaurant London, Nuit des vieux millésimes, Robert Taramarcaz

Book review: Chandra Kurt on Swiss supermarket wines

30/03/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Weinseller Guide des Vins 2014 by wine writer and consultant Chandra Kurt has been a hugely popular success in German-speaking Switzerland for a number of years, and now she’s brought out a French language version. CHF32, 284 pages. Available from publisher Werd & Weber or from the author. The book is a review of 575 […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Alexandre Truffer, book review, buying, Chandra Kurt, guides, Swiss supermarkets

Biodynamic wines, slipping into the mainstream

22/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

New guide provides useful tool GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Organic wines, known as “bio” in French, and more particularly biodynamic wines, were long regarded suspiciously by many consumers, conjuring up vague (and not quite right) images of hippy wines made with animal horns and consumed with unpalatable brown rice. Those were the bad old days and […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alexandre Truffer, Anne Mueller, Beudon, biodynamic wines, Chasselas, Demeter, Evelyne Malnic, Fully, Guide des Vins en Biodynamie, Jacque Granges, La Capitaine, ladybug, Maision Féret, Marie-Therese Chappaz, organic, Ramond Paccot, Reynald Parmelin, Riesling-Sylvaner, Villeneuve, Vinatura label, wine books

Old is beautiful, and Swiss wines are no exception

05/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss, for those who don’t know it yet, are very good at whipping up extraordinary gastronomic feasts. Switzerland has 100 Michelin starred restaurants in 2013, one of the highest per capita ratings in the world, and it has local wines that can hold their own at such meals. It’s not surprising, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: aging, Alexandre Truffer, Cave Maurice Zufferey, Chasselas, Chateau Mercier, Clos Domaines & Chateaux, cost, Crans-Montana, Cully, Denis and Catherine Mercier, Freres Dubois, Le Crans, MDVS, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Nuit des vieux millésimes, older vintages, Petite Arvine, reds, Rouvinez winery, Swiss wine

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