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Chasselas

Okanagan winery picks

05/05/2020 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

My selection of Canada’s Okanagan wineries Four days in September were perfect for an introduction to Canada’s Okanagan wines. (See my background article on Canada’s western wine gems) I had a wonderful Vancouver host, Mike, who has explored many of the wineries and their wines over the years, and he had pre-selected some cellars he […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Annecy, British Columbia, Burrowing Owl, Canadian wine, Chardonnay, Chasselas, Gray Monk Estate, Howard Soon, Kelowna, Meritage, Mission Bell tower, Mission Hill, Okanagan Valley, Paccard Bell Foundry, Pinot Gris, Sandhill, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz, Similkameen Valley, Swiss Solar Tech Ltd., Syrah, Vanessa Winery, wine clubs, winery solar power

Canada’s western wine valleys: hunting for gems

05/05/2020 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Note: I visited Vancouver and toured wineries in western Canada in September 2019 and planned to publish this article in early 2020, to inspire wine-lovers who might be considering a Canadian tour this year. Part-way through the writing, Covid-19 suddenly appeared, and the idea of travel in 2020 became increasingly improbable. It’s taken me two […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Annecy, BC grape varieties, BC wine areas, bench, British Columbia, Canadian desert, Canadian wine, Chasselas, climate, First Nation, forest fires, fruit region, Gray Monk, hiking trails, ice wine, Kelowna, Meritage, Okanagan Valley, Osoyoos, Penticton, Pinot Gris, Similkameen Valley, Sonoran Desert, tasting fees, Vancouver, Vanessa, weather, wine clubs, wine exports, wine tourism

Valais “star” wine awards

05/12/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The Etoiles du Valais wine awards were handed out 4 December in Bern to the wineries judged the best in the canton in 2019, each for a wine that features the canton’s native son grape varieties. Vintages were 2018 except for Syrah, Cornalin and Heidi, which benefit from more time, and these awards were for […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News, Wineries Tagged With: Chasselas, Cornalin, Dôle, Fendant, Heida, Humagne Rouge, Johannisberg, Païen, Petite Arvine, Syrah, Vins du Valais

Chasselas, mon amour!

05/12/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

November brightened by gold in Lausanne The gold in question is beautiful Chasselas wines, 16 of them that have been selected over the course of a year by the quality label Terravin‘s industry experts. These are technically the best of canton Vaud’s Chasselas wines, out of 409 wines that had already received the Terravin quality […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News, Wineries Tagged With: Aigle, Chablais AOC, Chasselas, Hospices Cantonaux, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Lausanne, Terravin Lauriers de Platine, Vaud wine, Villeneuve Grand Cru, Vins Vaudois

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

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