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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

Fried winter sage, Fendant

05/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Quickly stir-fried, sage leaves make a fun snack with a glass of well-chilled Valais Fendant, or you might try a Muscat, Païen or powerful Petite Arvine for stronger aromas.

Filed Under: Food & dining, Garden & nature Tagged With: Domaine des Crêtes, Fendant, fried sage leaves, goats cheese, Heida, herb garden, Maître de Chais, Provins, pumpkin soup, sage, Savagnin Blanc, Sierre, Swiss wine landscape, the landscape of Swiss wine

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

Eat your potatoes!

28/10/2015 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

I’m astonished: it seems that we are throwing away more than half of our potatoes in Switzerland. A new report from ETH in Zurich shows that producers are wasting them, but consumers are the worst among the guilty parties. Did you know that we throw away 300 kg of food per person per year? Save […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News Tagged With: Chasselas, Fendant, food waste, potatoes, raclette

Swiss wines for Milan Expo 2015 selected

24/02/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Bern announces lineup of food and wine for world expo BERN, SWITZERLAND – Completer, an old and uncommon grape variety, may be the Swiss wine that surprises and delights the most at Milan Expo 2015 this summer. But given the small amount of Swiss wine that is exported, the world fair in Italy will be […]

Filed Under: News, Travels Tagged With: Alouettes, Cave de Genéve, Chardonnay, Chasselas, Completer, Esprit de Genève, Fendant, Gamaret, Garanoir, Giubiasco, Haug, Jauslin, Merlot, Mermière, Milan Expo 2015, Petite Arvine, Pinot Noir, Provins, Riesling-Sylvaner, Rinklin, Rodeline, Rouvinez, sparkling, Swiss food stand, Swiss wines, Valsangiacomo, Vinattieri Ticinesi, Volg, Zurich Staatskellerei

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