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Cave Rodeline

Arvine, easy does it

01/12/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

What Arvine en Capital gets exactly right It’s all about the way your nose sniffs it, isn’t it? twitching like a rabbit to get a whiff of rhubarb or maybe wisteria in the air. And about the way your mouth lets it flow in, air and wine in a tight weave, moving together so that […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Wineries Tagged With: Benoît Dorsaz, Cave des Amandiers, Cave Rodeline, Claudine and Yvon Roduit, Fully, Fully en Capital, Gerard Dorsaz, Marie-Therese Chappaz, Philippe et Véronyc Mettaz, Swiss 2018 wines, Valais wines

Arvine, November 2019 picks

01/12/2019 by Ellen Wallace 3 Comments

Background article on Fully en Capital, the wine-tasting event where I sampled these wine selections. Arvines to fall in love with The 22 wineries that are members of the Association Fully Grand-Cru present their Arvines each November. Arvine is the second most widely grown grape in Fully, 32.3 hectares versus 73.3 ha for Fendant (Chasselas). […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Wineries Tagged With: Benoît Dorsaz, Cave des Amandiers, Cave Rodeline, Claudine and Yvon Roduit, Fully, Fully en Capital, Gerard Dorsaz, Marie-Therese Chappaz, Philippe et Véronyc Mettaz, Swiss 2018 wines, Valais wines

2018 Swiss wines: young Valais wines tasted in May

25/10/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Les Glorieuses is a series of wine tastings held on four Mondays in May every year in Martigny. It’s open to wine and food professionals and tends to attract many sommeliers – Mondays were chosen because that’s the day when many restaurants are closed and sommeliers have a day off. I made it to two […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: 2019 Swiss white wines, Benoît Dorsaz, Cave Rodeline, Chardonnay, Christophe Abbet, Claudine Roduit, Didier Jorat, Domaine Gérald Besse, Folaterre, Fully, Gilbert Devayes, Hermitage, Les Glorieuses, Leytron, Magliocco et fils, Marie-Therese Chappaz, Marsanne, Martigny, Mikaël Magliocco, MTC, Païen, Petite Arvine, Pinot Blanc, Rhone valley

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