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About Chasselas, Switzerland’s emblematic wine

09/08/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland produces and consumes more red wine than white, a fact that surprises many people. Surely, I hear the protesting voices, the lovely crisp white aperitif wine that you see and drink everywhere must be the main wine? We’re talking about Chasselas, Switzerland’s justifiably most famous grape, of which some 40 million […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: aging potential, Chasselas, floral, fruity, Geneva, José Vouillamoz, mineral, Neuchatel, regional differences, unfiltered, Valais, Vaud, when to drink it, young

Wine pick: Petite Arvine from Valais

04/05/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Valais has a wonderful collection of wines, far richer in diversity than most wine-growing regions in the world. One of the real jewels among them is Petite Arvine, a wine which has a surprisingly salty finish. A friend who was translating a wine text recently asked me, “That can’t be right, can it? it’s not […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alps, Chateau Lichten, finish, Fully, Gerard Dorsaz, grape variety, honey, Leuk, mineral, Petite Arvine, Rouvinez winery, salty wine, Valais, wine pick

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