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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

What makes a wine traditional?

03/03/2017 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Tradition is a hot word in wine marketing right now, one that reassures consumers – and yet few of us who are on the buying end of the sales chain question what it means, I think. If you have been making wine the same way for 50 years, does that make your wine traditional? 100 years? Or what […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: AOP, Blaise Duboux, Chasselas, cheese, Cornalin, Dézaley, Dôle, Domaine Chappaz, Epesses, Etivaz, Fully, La Liaudisaz, Maurice Zufferey, Meilen, R3 Räuschling, Roquefort, Sierre, Vaud, Zurich

Vaud Chasselas, 8 Valais stars – coming soon

04/11/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

I’ll be taking part in, and reporting back to you soon, on two annual events that are not open to the public but which will point you to some of the best Swiss wines. The first is the annual selection of favourite Chasselas wines from canton Vaud, the Lauriers de Platine Terravin, organized by the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News, Wineries Tagged With: Benoît Violier, Cornalin, Dôle, Etoiles du Valais, Fendant, Heida, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Humagne Rouge, Johannisberg, Lauriers Platine, Petite Arvine, Sélection du Valais, Syrah, Terravin, Vaud wine quality label

Five wines for Chinese visitors

24/06/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Last week I gave a presentation on Swiss wines and led a tasting session of five wines from western Switzerland  for a group of 30 Chinese managers from Harbin. They are following a three-week intensive course at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz’s International Programme in Solothurn. Strong interest, lively discussions and wonderful questions all around. Here are […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Chamoson, Chasselas, Dôle, Domaine des Muses, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz's International Programme, Féchy, Fribourg, Henri Cruchon, Morges, Muscat, Oeil de Perdrix, Pinot Noir, Servagnin, Sierre, Valais, Vaud, Vully

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