Prologue: cycling, diplomats, wine in Spain I haven’t been writing here much lately. This summer has been devoted mainly to three things: renovating a garden, building up physical strength following three major orthopaedic surgeries in 15 months and working on a collection of essays and another of short stories. But there has been, happily, time […]
Mondial du Chasselas
Swiss and other wine news: top Chasselas, Verona, rosé fraud
World’s best Chasselas is from La Côte in Vaud – winery’s second time Cave de la Côte, a Swiss cooperative winery on the western edge of Lake Geneva, has won the top honour at the Mondial du Chasselas competition, which was held in early June: its La Montoise Esprit Terroir, Mont-sur-Rolle 2017 was named the […]
Time for a Chasselas party!
Aigle is the place to be Saturday The awards for the winning Chasselas wines will be announced this evening, 26 June, and tomorrow will be given over to a public tasting session at the Château d’Aigle, which is also home to the Vaud wine museum. The awards will be announced by the Mondial du Chasselas, […]
Chasselas: Vully a winner in more than one sense
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – There were some good surprises at the Mondial du Chasselas awards Friday evening 4 July at the Chateau d’Aigle in eastern canton Vaud, starting with the big winner, Domaine Chervet from Vully, with 93.2 points out of 100. The world is so used to praising the superb Chasselas wines from Lavaux (Dézaley, […]
Chasselas awards, party this weekend
Chasselas will be in the limelight this weekend, with awards from the Mondial du Chasselas announced Friday night 4 July at the Chateau d’Aigle, followed by a popular festival Saturday at the castle. The weather forecast is for two near-perfect days, with sunshine and comfortable temperatures, says MeteoSwiss: 16-25C and no rain in sight Saturday. […]