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Swiss garner wealth of medals at world wine show

13/05/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

In a series of blind-tastings of 9,200 wines over three days, by 350 judges, where no one knew the country of origin of any of the wines, Switzerland was the fifth most bemedalled country at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, a remarkable feat.

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aigle, books on Swiss wine in English, Cave Philippe Bovet, Cayas, Celliers du Chablais, Chandra Kurt, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Clos de Géronde, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2019, Cornalin, Domaine des Muses, Domaine la Capitaine, Domaines Rouvinez, Heida, Jean-Daniel Coeytaux, Jean-René Germanier, Merlot, Petite Arvine, Provins, Sur les traces des Titans, Swiss Brut, Swiss wine landscape, Terravin, the landscape of Swiss wine

How one man changed the wine profile of Valais

05/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Wine education Switzerland hosts a number of educational classes, often with tastings, from schools and museums and various wine groups. They are a great way to learn more about the landscape of Swiss wines – the culture, history, heritage, geography and more. The 1001 lives of Dr Wuilloud Henry Wuilloud was the subject of an […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Completer, Diolinoir, Henry Wuilloud, history of Swiss wine, José Vouillamoz, Josef-Marie Chanton, Merlot, Müller-Thurgau, Musée du Vin du Valais, Pinot Blanc, Swiss grape varieties, Syrah, the landscape of Swiss wine, Valais Wine Museum

Matter of taste 2019 walkabout, comparing wines

28/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

This was a walkabout tasting of fine wines that let me compare different Swiss wineries’ Pinot Noirs. It was also an opportunity to make other types of comparisons among wines that have been given at least 90 points by Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate.

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Aargau, Amigne, Balin, Barbengo, Bouvet-Jabloir, Cantina Kopp von der Crone Visini, Cayas, Chenin Blanc, Clos Marta, Cornalin Chamaray, David Schildknecht, Domaine du Chapître de la Cathédrale, Donatsch, fine wines, Graubünden, Heida, Irto, Jean-René Germanier, Louis Bovard, Maienfeld, Maître de Chais, Matter of Taste 2019, Matthias Gubler, Medinette, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Merlot, Mitis, Möhr-Niggli, Neuchatel, Peter Wegelin, Petite Arvine, Pinot Noir, Provins, Robert Parker, Roche et vin, Sauvignon, Savagnin, Signature, Stein und Wein, Stephan Reinhardt, Stephen Spurrier, Swiss wine landscape, Syrah, the landscape of Swiss wine, Wine Advocate, Wittnau, Zurich wine tastings

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