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Miège

Snowfall on the Rhone Valley

13/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Vineyards the length of the upper Rhone in Valais were treated to a gentle snowfall Monday.

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Travels Tagged With: Leuk-Stadt, Miège, Salgesch, Salquenen, snowstorm, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, the landscape of Swiss wine, Val d'Anniviers, vineyards

Winter wine travels in Switzerland

09/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Be a tourist in Swiss vineyards in the winter! You’ll see the true landscape of Swiss wine: extraordinary geography and human hands meet, a continuation of a culture that reaches far back in time.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Bex, CFF/SBB, Chateau de Chillon, Chateau de Ravire, Denens, Fully, Geneva, Lavigny, Miège, Ollon, Stalden, Swiss trains, Swiss vineyards, Valais, Vaud, Vispa River, wine tourism, winter tourism, Zermatt

Miège vines in the mist

24/05/2016 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

A beautiful start to the day for vineyards in Miège, after last night’s snow a little higher up the mountainside, and plenty of rain for the vines. Click on image to view large; scroll to see both (we’re trying to sort out a technical problem with the way they display).  

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: canton Valais, dawn mist, Miège

Down below, preparing for the harvest

29/09/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

At dawn Sunday, it looked like this, the mist hanging over the vineyards of Sierre, Miège, Salgesch and beyond, in canton Valais. Quiet vineyards, but as of today in full swing with the harvest (although they began last week).

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: dawn, Miège, Salgesch, Valais, Visp

Open Days for Valais wines, where to go

13/05/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Here are my personal recommendations for places to visit during the Valais wineries Open Days Thursday-Saturday, 13-15 May. This is far from exhaustive, given the 179 wineries participating. And not all wineries are part of this, including some excellent ones, for a variety of reasons. To keep the list reasonable, I’ve had to leave out […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Chamoson, English spoken, Flanthey, Fully, Granges, Jardin des Vins, Leytron, Martigny-Combe, Miège, Open Days 2010, recommended, Salgesch, Salquenen, Sierre, Sion, St Pierre-de-Clage, Swiss Wine Guide, Swiss wines, Valais, Varen, Vétroz, Veyras, Vins du Valais, visits, where to go, wine cellars, wineries

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