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Chamoson

A hard road to Chamoson

15/03/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Jamie McCulloch picks up a few rays of the wintry sun outside the post office of Chamoson, waiting for his visitor. His face has the look of Scotland for me and I immediately recall men outside pubs in the west of Scotland, facing the setting sun and reflecting on the world. McCulloch is, however, a […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Black Magic wine, Cave Les Deux Cîmes, Chamoson, Jamie McCulloch, Petite Arvine, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Scottish winemaker, Swiss wine landscape, Swiss wines, the landscape of Swiss wine, Valais wines, White Magic wine

Uncork now, 8 March 2019

11/03/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Swiss wines with a touch of Scotland! Today’s wines are both Pinot Noirs, nothing pale or timid about either of them, one from Givrins near Geneva and the other from the Swiss Alps.

Filed Under: Food & dining, Uncork now Tagged With: Cave des Deux Cimes, Chamoson, Givrins, Jamie McCulloch, Philippe Bovet, Pinot Noir, Valais, Vaud, Vinea Wine Fair, Vins du Valais, Vins Vaudois

Uncork now, 14 February 2019

14/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

This week, two more Swiss red blends, at affordable prices, like last week. But this time the two are very different, one from Vétroz in Valais and the other from the Côte d’Orbes in Vaud. As a bonus, a wine for special moments and a reminder that some wines need more time. Rebbio 2017 from […]

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: Cave des Treize Coteaux, Cave Jean-René Germanier, Chamoson, Cornalin, Côtes de l'Orbe, Esprit de Baulmes, Hommage Maurice Gay, Leuk, Merlot, Pinot Noir Gamaret, Rebbio, Swiss oak barrels, Valais wines, Vétroz, vineyard in conversion, Viti Antiqua 1798, Vollèges

Why it pays to visit small wineries

15/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

A glass of wine is of course much more than its contents. It’s a place, its geography and geology, its history, its people. When you visit a small winery, you have a chance to hear about this. Last weekend I went to Colline de Daval in Sierre to learn a bit about distilling, of which […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: apricots, Bertrand Monique Caloz-Evéquoz, castle, Chamoson, Charte St Théodule, Colline de Daval, Davalrone, distillery, Domaine des Muses, geology, Great gold medal, guest house, irrigation, kir, Merlot, Mondial des Pinots, Pinot Noir, raspberries, Rouvinez winery, Sierre, Sierre rockslide, Syrah, vignérons-encaveurs

Recent wine fun, Best of Swiss Wine Tourism

02/10/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Prologue: cycling, diplomats, wine in Spain I haven’t been writing here much lately. This summer has been devoted mainly to three things: renovating a garden, building up physical strength following three major orthopaedic surgeries in 15 months and working on a collection of essays and another of short stories. But there has been, happily, time […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Ardea seal, Best of Swiss Wine Tourism, Cave Emery, Cave La Tornale, Chamoson, Chateau d'Aigle, Espace Terroir Miège, Genussregion Wildlingen, Hirschens Weinhaus, In Gir Par Cantin, Jean-Daniel Favre, Mondial du Chasselas, Oenoparc des Celliers de Sion, organic wines in Spain, Petite Arvine, Pintes Ouvertes Vaudoise, Provins, Schlaf-fass, Society Marbella magazine, Spanish white wines, Sur les traces des Titans, Swiss diplomats wine, Vins du Valais Cyclosportive

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