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Curzilles, a terroir, a fine wine

10/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Vertical tasting of 7 vintages, Cave La Colombe It’s probably safe to say almost no one beyond a handful of wine industry professionals really masters the appellation and naming system for Swiss wines. This is in any event changing soon, so don’t be surprised if I say I drank a really good wine called Curzilles […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Bourguignons, Chasselas, Curzilles, Doral, Féchy, La Colombe, Laura Paccot, Pinot Gris, Raymond and Violaine Paccot, Riesling, Rossier, Swiss Grand Cru, the landscape of Swiss wine, Vaud grape variety research, Vaud lieux-dits

Swiss wine tourism comes of age

24/06/2018 by Ellen Wallace 3 Comments

This could be a watershed year for Swiss wine, the year when wine tourism comes of age. Lausanne in March became one of the world’s 10 Great Wine Capitals, a network of wine centres that is behind the five-year-old International Best of Wine Tourism awards. Switzerland’s first awards, whose winners compete in the international awards, […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Amigne on the road, Arvinis, Best of Wine Tourism Awards, canton Vaud, Expovino, Féchy, Festival du Chasselas, Fête des Vignerons 2019, Geneva, Great Wine Capitals, Musée Valaisan du vin, Open cellar days, Pfyn-Finges Nature Park, Russin, Suisse oenotourisme, Swiss Wine Promotion, Swiss Wine Tourism, Vétroz, Vinea, Vinorama, Visit French Wine

The many shades of Arvine: a tribute

23/04/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Today has been a day for celebrating in Fully, canton Valais, the day when Spring and Petite Arvine are declared to be partners, and people turn their attention to this wonderful grape, one of Europe’s finest. Wineries invite special guests – last year saw several winemakers from Burgundy – the wine flows to keep up […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Cave du Rhodan, Féchy, Gerard Besse, grapefruit, Gros Arvine, Marie-Therese Chappaz, Martigny, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Mounier, Petite Arvine, Provins, rhubarb, Rouvinez, salty finish, Sierre, Simone Maye et fils, Zufferey

Terravin’s Chasselas top wines unveiled

20/11/2015 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Platine Terravin results are keenly awaited every year, just weeks after the harvest is in; the relatively new Mondial du Chasselas wine competition held in the summer hasn’t taken any of the shine off this annual event that puts the spotlight on some of Switzerland’s best Chasselas wines. This year’s winner […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News, Wineries Tagged With: Bolles, Chasselas, competition, Croix Duplex, Féchy, Filet d'Or, Grandvaux, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Morges, Platine, quality label, Terravin, Vaud, Violier

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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