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Flanthey

Could biodynamic be the future of Swiss wine?

20/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Nicolas Joly pitches biodynamic to the Swiss Nicolas Joly is a superstar in the increasingly accepted world of biodynamic winemaking, although he would probably cringe at that label. But a presentation Monday night in Valais, at the Tsampéhro cellar in Flanthey, made it was easy to see why he’s not just another farmer touting natural […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Coulée de Serrant, Demeter Switzerland, Denis Mercier, Domaine de Beudon, Flanthey, Fully, Georgia wines, Madeleine Mercier, Marie-Therese Chappaz, Nicolas Joly, price biodynamic wines, Renaissance des Appellations, Swiss Association for Biodynamic Farming, Tsampéhro

Tsampéhro finds its stride

09/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

A lingering autumn day of sunshine and the option to dine outside will put anyone in a good mood, but I don’t think this is the reason that the newly released Tsampéhro wines I tasted Monday were good – it was the best of the tastings I’ve done of these wines, which came onto the […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Christian Gellerstad, Clos de Tsampéhro, Completer, Cornalin, Drosophila suzukii, Emmanuel Charpin, Flanthey, Joanna Dayer, Joel Briguet, Merlot, Petite Arvine, Pinot Noir, Rèze, Savagnin Blanc, Tsampéhro, Vaas, Vincent Tenud, yield

Top picks, reds from Vinea fair

03/09/2016 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

I normally opt to taste a lot of Pinot Noir at the Vinea Wine Fair, but this year my focus was other reds, in particular Gamays and Cornalins. My notes on favourites from tasting them yesterday – Friday – follow, ending with other reds that were among my top wines tasted at Vinea. This year […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aigle, Alain Emery, Anne-Catherine et Denis Mercier, black cherries in wine, Brivio, Cave La Romaine, Cave Les Deux Cîmes, Cave les Sentes, Cave Maurice Zufferey, Cave Philippe Bovet, Cornalin, Domaine des Muses, Domaine la Rodeline, Flanthey, Fully, Gamay, Givrins, Leuk-Stadt, Maurice Zufferey, Philippe et Véronyc Mettaz, Sierre, Ticino, Valais, Vaud, Vin d'Œuvre, Vinea 2016, Vinea Wine Fair

2015 harvest: simply beautiful

10/09/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The weather gods have been good. The 2015 grape harvest is officially underway in many areas and we can now say it: very good to great wine grape quality in most parts of Switzerland, with a slight dip in quantity. The sun has been shining, the evenings have been cool, the rain […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2015 harvest, Agriloro, Catherine Mercier, Cave La Romaine, dryness, Electus, Flanthey, Francesco Tettamanti, Givrins, grape flowering, heat, Joel Briguet, La Colombe, Philippe Bovet, Provins, vendange, veraison

When you’re going to a wine-tasting

21/07/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

I went to a wine-tasting session a few nights ago, where 30 of us paid CHF80 for the evening’s wines, food served with the glasses, and the teacher’s expertise. It was well worth it, but I came home reflecting on how important it is to observe some basic rules when you attend a wine class […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Wineries Tagged With: Cave La Romaine, De la Graine au Verre, Emmanuel Charpin, etiquette, Flanthey, perfume, smoking, spitting out the wine, wine courses, wine-tasting

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