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Regional travel & wine: French Jura

07/02/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – France’s Jura mountains are defined by deep, secret forests and rushing streams, so it is always a surprise to suddenly come upon snug villages edged by magnificent vineyards. Coming down into Arbois, there is such an abrupt change of scenery and state of mind that your arrival calls for a pause. A […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: AOC, Arbois, Challon, Christie's, clavelin, France, Franche-Comte, Jura, Pinot Noir, Savagnin, vin jaune, wine, wine tourism

CHF5,287 for a small glass of vin jaune – cheers!

16/05/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A rare vintage 1774 bottle of 87 cl of vin jaune from Arbois, France, near the Swiss border, sold for CHF46,000 Tuesday 15 May at Christie’s auction of fine wines in Geneva. The winning bid was made via Internet to an unnamed European trade buyer, so it will be hard to wangle […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 1982, 1988 Mouton-Rothschild, Arbois, Chateau d'Yquem, Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Christie's, Geneva, Hotel des Bergues, Michael Ganne, vin jaune 1774, vintages, wine auction

1774 Arbois Vin Jaune up for auction in Geneva

12/04/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Vin Jaune, a master’s palette for the palate BERN, SWITZERLAND – Eight generations of the Vercel family in Arbois, France, across the Jura mountains, have held onto a 1774 bottle of the region’s famed Vin Jaune, storing it in the family’s vaulted underground cellar. Now the 87-centilitre bottle, with its typical Burgundian rounded belly and […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 1774 bottle, Arbois, auction, Christie's, clavelin, Jura, Vercel family, vin jaune, wine news

Geneva sets out a menu of watches, jewels and fine wine

16/05/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – This is a week where spending your spare millions will be very easy in Geneva, the week when auctions are offering rare watches, an extraordinary emerald tiara and a bottle of Château Lafite-Rothschild, vintage 1887, Pauillac, 1er cru classé that would make grandfather sit up in his grave and ask for […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: auctions, Château Angelus, Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Chateau Margaux, Christie's, Geneva, Jewels, society, Sotheby's, watches, wealth, wine

CHF109,250 for 6 Hermitage bottles in Geneva

14/05/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Christie‘s had a good week, as did Sotheby’s, in Geneva, with sales of fine jewels netting the two nearly CHF100 million in sales. The diamond sales makes the price of a fine bottle of wine dim a bit, but nevertheless, the CHF109,250 ($98,951) paid at Christie’s wine auction at the Four Season’s Hotel des Bergues […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: auction, Christie's, Four Seasons Hotel des Bergue, French wine, Geneva, Hermitage, Hermitage La Chapelle, Rhone, Syrah, vintage 1961

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