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Cave de la Côte

Vaud cooperative named Swiss Winery of the Year

25/10/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Cave de la Côte in Tolochenaz, canton Vaud, has been named the Swiss Winery of the Year 2019 by the Vinea Association and Vinum magazine. The title is awarded as part of the Grand Prix des Vins Suisses, the largest competition for Swiss wines, which had 3,254 wines entered by 544 wineries. The wines are […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: 2019 awards, Cave Caloz, Cave de la Côte, Chasselas, Coteau d’Aubonne Esprit Terroir 2018, Domaine de Chafalet, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse awards, Maison Gilliard, Sélection Excelsus, Swiss cooperative, Vinea, Vinum magazine

Uncork now, Geneva white, Schaffhausen red – 30 May 2019

30/05/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

May and early June are for me the in-between time for wines, too cool to sip whites all evening outdoors but a night of red can feel like too much – we want to move on after a winter of them. I dropped in briefly at the end of a day of tasting organized by […]

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: Albi, biodynamic wines, Cave de la Côte, Dardagny, Geneva, oaked Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Schaffhausen, Sophie Dugerdil, Swiss wines, Tolochenaz, Weingut Besson-Strasser

Discovering and debating: Divico, Divona

18/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The conference in Bramois offered an exciting moment because it’s the first time so many Divico disease-resistant wines have been tasted together, organized by single grape wines, blends, oaked, not oaked.

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Agroscope, Appellation d'origine contrôlée, Blaise Duboux, Bramois, Cave de Genéve, Cave de la Côte, Chambleau, Changins, disease-resistant grapes, Divico, Divona, France, Marie-Bernard Gillioz, Paradou, PIWI

The height of discretion

16/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Terravin’s best Vaud Chasselas It was glass number 13 that forced me to stop and ask myself if it is really possible for a single wine to be the absolute best. And for us – the judges for the Lauriers de Platine Terravin – to choose it with any certainty. To be clear: this is […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aerowatch, Bourgeoisie de la Ville de Fribourg, Cave de l'Hôpital, Cave de la Côte, Chablais AOC, Chasselas, Christian Dupuis, Elevé sur Lies, Epesses, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Jean-François Morel, La Côte AOC, La Viticole de Villeneuve, Lauréats de Platine Terravin, Lavaux AOC, Le Chardon, Mondial du Chasselas, Mont-sur-Rolle, Montoise Esprit Terroir, Terravin, Villeneuve Grand Cru, Yvorne

It’s Swiss wine awards time!

18/10/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, Gault&Millau For Swiss wineries, the big awards of the year were handed out tonight in Bern, at the gala dinner that brings to a close the annual Grand Prix du Vin Suisse competition. There are some beauties here – you should not lack for interesting and very pleasing new wines […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Cave de la Côte, Cave Nouveau Salquenen, Diego Mathier, Gault&Millau 2019, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, Lauriers de platine, Salgesch, Terravin Lauriers de Platine, Valais Etoiles, Valais Stars, Vinea, Vinum

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