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Cave Maurice Zufferey

The bark of wine

17/01/2020 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

Uncork now: Humagne Rouge, Maurice Zufferey 2012 It was early evening as I walked across crusty January snow to the trunk of the old apple tree. Dents appeared on the white surface, small shadowed pits of snow gleaming in the late afternoon light. At 120 years the tree’s branches reach high into the sky but […]

Filed Under: Uncork now, Wineries Tagged With: Cave Maurice Zufferey, Donna Leon, Friends in High Places, Humagne Rouge, Irish handmade glass, Keith Leadbetter glass, wine glasses

Top picks, reds from Vinea fair

03/09/2016 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

I normally opt to taste a lot of Pinot Noir at the Vinea Wine Fair, but this year my focus was other reds, in particular Gamays and Cornalins. My notes on favourites from tasting them yesterday – Friday – follow, ending with other reds that were among my top wines tasted at Vinea. This year […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aigle, Alain Emery, Anne-Catherine et Denis Mercier, black cherries in wine, Brivio, Cave La Romaine, Cave Les Deux Cîmes, Cave les Sentes, Cave Maurice Zufferey, Cave Philippe Bovet, Cornalin, Domaine des Muses, Domaine la Rodeline, Flanthey, Fully, Gamay, Givrins, Leuk-Stadt, Maurice Zufferey, Philippe et Véronyc Mettaz, Sierre, Ticino, Valais, Vaud, Vin d'Œuvre, Vinea 2016, Vinea Wine Fair

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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