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Epesses

The height of discretion

16/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Terravin’s best Vaud Chasselas It was glass number 13 that forced me to stop and ask myself if it is really possible for a single wine to be the absolute best. And for us – the judges for the Lauriers de Platine Terravin – to choose it with any certainty. To be clear: this is […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aerowatch, Bourgeoisie de la Ville de Fribourg, Cave de l'Hôpital, Cave de la Côte, Chablais AOC, Chasselas, Christian Dupuis, Elevé sur Lies, Epesses, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Jean-François Morel, La Côte AOC, La Viticole de Villeneuve, Lauréats de Platine Terravin, Lavaux AOC, Le Chardon, Mondial du Chasselas, Mont-sur-Rolle, Montoise Esprit Terroir, Terravin, Villeneuve Grand Cru, Yvorne

Swiss wine news

09/09/2017 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

In brief: the Chateau de Chillon near Montreux has won the first Swiss wine tourism award. The awards given in Cully 8 September included: honorable mention to Lavaux Patrimoine Mondial , “Event” award to Weinweg Weinfelden (Thurgau) and for “Gastronomy”, the Moulin de Cugy. Canton Vaud continues its charm campaign in Japan, building a high-end following […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: canton Vaud, Chasselas, Chateau de Chillon, Epesses, Japan, Les Cent Suisses, Obrist

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

Lavaux embraces organic

03/12/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Lavaux is about to put to rest forever the idea that organic wines are second-best, following a decision by a group of growers-producers Wednesday evening to stop using all synthetic products and to sharply curb the number of vine treatments by helicopters, from 7-8 a year to 4. The vote by producers […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Biosuisse, Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, grapevine diseases, helicopters, Lavaux, organic wines, Vaud wines

Lavaux for a lamb-friendly red

23/09/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The weather is chilly, the leaves are turning, and I’m ready for roast lamb again. I was leaving the Vinorama wine centre in Lavaux after a ribbon-cutting event for a new hiking trail, in late April. On the spur of the moment I said to the staff that my husband was home preparing lamb, potatoes […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Wineries Tagged With: "Le Virtuose", blends, Blondel-Dubous winery, Dézaley, Epesses, Vinorama

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