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New member: Mémoire des Vins Suisses

16/04/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The Mémoire des Vins Suisses, which regroups many of Switzerland’s best wine producers, has approved me as a non-producer member, at their recent annual meeting. It’s an honour, and I’m delighted, because the wineries are widely considered among the best in Switzerland and membership is by invitation only. I appreciate their recognition that serious writing […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: 2018 Valais, aging potential, grape varieties, MDVS, Memoire des Vins Suisse

Swiss wines and the art of aging

08/03/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The art of aging beautifully has not always been appreciated by lovers of Swiss wines, but a group that includes many of the country’s best producers is working steadily to change this. The Memoire des Vins Suisse (MDVS) is a group that meets once a year to taste the wines in their […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: aging, Calamin, Dezelay, Lavaux, MDVS, Memoires des Vins Suisses, Swiss wines

Old is beautiful, and Swiss wines are no exception

05/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss, for those who don’t know it yet, are very good at whipping up extraordinary gastronomic feasts. Switzerland has 100 Michelin starred restaurants in 2013, one of the highest per capita ratings in the world, and it has local wines that can hold their own at such meals. It’s not surprising, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: aging, Alexandre Truffer, Cave Maurice Zufferey, Chasselas, Chateau Mercier, Clos Domaines & Chateaux, cost, Crans-Montana, Cully, Denis and Catherine Mercier, Freres Dubois, Le Crans, MDVS, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Nuit des vieux millésimes, older vintages, Petite Arvine, reds, Rouvinez winery, Swiss wine

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