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Mondial des Pinots

Wine judges: bashers and king-makers not wanted

11/05/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Little Aigle, Switzerland was the scene of 9,200 wine judgements, 2-5 May. Wineries shipped their wares to this town in canton Vaud from around the world, hoping they would be noticed and found to be beautiful at the itinerant Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. The results come out 13 May. As one of the judges, I’m […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aigle, books on Swiss wine in English, CMB 2018, CMB 2019, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, international wine competitions judge, Master of Wine, Mondial des Pinots, Swiss Wine Promotion, the landscape of Swiss wine, Vineglorious! Switzerland's Wondrous Wines, Vinum wine review

Uncork now, Basel beauties

16/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

I saw just how good wines from Basel could be, during a two-day meeting 11-12 April in that city, with the Mémoire des Vins Suisses. Its newest winery member, Weingut Jauslin, impressed me by its overall quality.

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: Basel Land, Basel Landschaft, Basel wine, GaultMillau, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Mondial des Pinots, Mueller-Thurgau, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Noir, Riesling-Silvaner, Weingut Jauslin

Why it pays to visit small wineries

15/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

A glass of wine is of course much more than its contents. It’s a place, its geography and geology, its history, its people. When you visit a small winery, you have a chance to hear about this. Last weekend I went to Colline de Daval in Sierre to learn a bit about distilling, of which […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: apricots, Bertrand Monique Caloz-Evéquoz, castle, Chamoson, Charte St Théodule, Colline de Daval, Davalrone, distillery, Domaine des Muses, geology, Great gold medal, guest house, irrigation, kir, Merlot, Mondial des Pinots, Pinot Noir, raspberries, Rouvinez winery, Sierre, Sierre rockslide, Syrah, vignérons-encaveurs

Int’l competitions: Winning Pinot wines named

02/09/2016 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Austrian cellar named ““Gran Maestro du Pinot Noir” Two Valais wines win Grand Or top awards SIERRE, SWITZERLAND – Austrian winery Weingut Schlosshalbturn from Halbturn was named the winner of the prestigious “Gran Maestro du Pinot Noir” at the Mondial des Pinots wine competition in Sierre Friday 2 September. Two wineries from canton Valais in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: awards, Mondial des Pinots, Pinot Noir, prizes 2016, Sierre, Vinea

Three days judging Pinot wines: the album

19/08/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Getting back to wine work for me meant a weekend with three days of wine judging in Sierre, canton Valais, at the Mondial des Pinots. Pinot Noirs, of course, but we also judged rosés and blanc de Pinots, as well as Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris wines. In addition to judging we were taken on […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Chasselas, Chateau de Villa Sierre, La Suisse steamboat, Maison Blanche, Mondial des Pinots, Montreux

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