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Ermitage

2017 wines from Swiss Mémoire group

17/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Once a year the Mémoire des Vins Suisses group invites the public to a tasting session where wineries present three vintages of their wine. It’s a don’t-miss event.

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Azienda Mondò, Basel, Blaise Duboux, Bondola, Calamin, Caves de Chambleau, Chateau Maison Blanche Grand Cru Yvorne Chablais, Clos de Mangold, Ermitage, Gérald Besse, Heida St Jodernkellerei, Henri Cruchon, Hohle Gasse Pinot noir, Les Hutins, Maurice Zufferey, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Merlot-Cabernet blend, Nebbiolo, Petite Arvine, Petite Arvine Maître de Chais, Pinot Noir, Provins, Pur Sang blend, Raissennaz, Räuschling, Salvagnin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Schwarzenbach, Tenuta Castello di Morcote, Tenuta Vitivinicola Trapletti, the landscape of Swiss wine, Visperterminen, Weingut Jauslin, Weingut Wolfer, wine-tasting

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

Manage your Arvinis visit: winery tweets (update)

17/04/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Update 21:30 I’ve started tweeting wineries + 1 type of wine for each, some of my top picks among the Swiss wines at Arvinis, in addition to the California and selected Swiss tasting notes I’ve already posted here. It’s always hard to decide which ones are worth a stop and once there, what wines to […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Amigne, Arvinis, California wines, Chasselas, Ermitage, Fendant, GenevaLunch on Twitter, Johannisberg, Malvoisie, Morges, Pinot Noir, producers, Swiss wines, Tasting notes, wine-tasting, winemakers, wineries

Wine investors: drinkers and investors won during the financial crisis

04/04/2010 by Ellen Wallace

There are two types of wine investors: those who buy wines they want to explore, and who set them aside for later when the sensory value will have increased, and those who buy, gambling that the price will rise neatly. The investors will either sell it or open the bottle when it is time to […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: antoine Christophe Betrisy, Aosta Valley, Archevesque, Bordeaux, Côtes du Rhone, Cully, definition fine wine, Ermitage, fine wines, France, Fumin, Gialdi Vini, grapes, Harvests, Hermitage, investors, Italy, Jancis Robinson, Jean-Philippe Weisskopf, Lavaux region, Louis Bovard, Marsanne, Medinette, Memoire des Vins Suisses, producers, regions, research, research Philippe Massey, Rèze, Roussanne, St Saphorin, Swiss wines, Switzerland, Ticino, Unesco World Heritage site, US - California, Valais, Vaud, vineyards, vintage, vintages, white wines, wine-tasting, wineries

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