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Denis Mercier

Could biodynamic be the future of Swiss wine?

20/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Nicolas Joly pitches biodynamic to the Swiss Nicolas Joly is a superstar in the increasingly accepted world of biodynamic winemaking, although he would probably cringe at that label. But a presentation Monday night in Valais, at the Tsampéhro cellar in Flanthey, made it was easy to see why he’s not just another farmer touting natural […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Coulée de Serrant, Demeter Switzerland, Denis Mercier, Domaine de Beudon, Flanthey, Fully, Georgia wines, Madeleine Mercier, Marie-Therese Chappaz, Nicolas Joly, price biodynamic wines, Renaissance des Appellations, Swiss Association for Biodynamic Farming, Tsampéhro

They were right: small yields, great old wines

14/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

A remarkable tasting session Monday 12 November, of older wines from Valais, made by a group of small independent vignerons-encaveurs, members of the Charte de qualité St Théodule. The oldest wine was 1964, just two years before a handful of pioneers, intent on making quality wine, created the charter. They were firm in the belief […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Wineries Tagged With: Benoît Dorsaz, Cave Caloz, Cave des Amandiers, Cave le Bosset, Cornalin, Denis Mercier, Denis Saverot, Ermitage, Humagne Blanc, Humagne Rouge, Marie-Bernard Gillioz, Païen, Petite Arvine, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Roduit, Simon Male & Fils, Syrah, Weinschmiede Salgesch

Parker Wine Advocate, latest notes on Swiss wines

22/02/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

The Swiss are still getting excited (Le Nouvelliste) about their wines being reviewed by Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, the influential American newsletter. “Great Swiss wines you shouldn’t miss…” The latest batch of 167 reviews (available to subscribers) by Stephan Reinhardt, just out, is headed “Great Swiss wines you shouldn’t miss when you’re in Switzerland”, a […]

Filed Under: News, Vineglorious! Swiss wine book, Wineries Tagged With: Bernard Cavé, Cave Jean-René Germanier, Chasselas, Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin California, Cornalin, Denis Mercier, Gérald Besse, Marie-Thérèze Chappaz, Petite Arvine, Provins, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, Stephan Reinhardt, Swiss wines reviewed, Syrah, Tenuta Castello di Morcote, weingraben

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