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Mondial du Pinot Noir

Mondial du Pinot Noir, a judge’s pleasures

27/08/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I’m just about recovered from the three days of intensive work 19-21 August as a judge at the international wine competition in Sierre, the Mondial du Pinot Noir. We tasted and noted 1,314 wines from 21 countries around the world; we were 50 judges from 30 countries who worked for three mornings […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: competition, gold winners, judges, Mondial du Pinot Noir, MPN, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Sierre, Switzerland, Vinea

World Champion Pinot Noir winery in Graubuenden

02/09/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Grape variety growing rapidly in international popularity; Swiss Pinot Noirs among best Sierre, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The World Champion Pinot Noir producer is a Graubuenden winery, Weingut Donatsch Malans, for its Donatsch Pinot Noir Passion. The award, announced 2 September by the Mondial du Pinot Noir international wine competition, is given to the winery that […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Adrian Mathier, awards, Donatsch Pinot Noir Passion, Hilton, international competition, Mondial du Pinot Noir, Nouveau Salquenen, OIV, Roderick Wong, Salgesch, Salquenen, Sebastien Gavillet, Sierre, sommelier, Switzerland, U.S., Vinea, Weingut Donatsch Malans, wine, wine fair, winners, Yann Juban

Alps beckon with wine fair, golf, steam trains and green cars (update)

02/09/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Sierre and Crans-Montana, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Alps always look good in early autumn but the weekend of 3 September canton Valais has a powerful set of attractions on offer. Vinea, the Swiss wine fair that is the country’s biggest outdoor wine festival, opens its doors Friday evening in Sierre and is expected to […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alpmobil, Crans-Montana, festival, Furka pass, Furka steam train, green cars, Grimsel pass, Meiringen, Mondial du Pinot Noir, Oberwald, Omega European Masters, Realp, Sherlock Holmes, Sierre, Swiss wine fair, Vinea

Swiss wines’ largest fair, Vinea kicks off with Vaud chateaux honoured

04/09/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne / Sierre, Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Canton Vaud’s wine group Domaines Clos & Châteaux will be one of the guests of honour at Vinea, Switzerland’s main fair for Swiss wines, which opens to the public Saturday morning at 10:00, outdoors in Sierre. MeteoSwiss is predicting that Friday’s rain will turn to sunny skies during […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Burgundy, Collines de Corton, Collines de Cortons, Domaines Clos & Chateaux, Food and Drink, French wines, Lausanne, Madeleine Gay, Mondial du Pinot Noir, poetry, Rilke, Sierre, Swiss sweet wines, Swiss Winemaker of the Year, Swiss winemakers, Swiss wines, Swiss wines in English, Switzerland, travel, Valais, Valais wines, Vaud, Vinea, vineyard walks, wine

Germans shine at Pinot Noir competition, but Spain and Valais big winners

01/09/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Sierre, Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A wine from Spain and another from Valais are the big winners at the annual Mondial du Pinot Noir wine competition, the world’s only top-level competition for wines made from this widespread grape, held in Sierre. “Cortijo los aguillares”, a Pinot Noir from Ronda, Spain, from the domain of Jose […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: "Cortijo los aguillares", "Malvoisie Flétrie sur Souche", André Fontannaz, Cave de la Madeleine, Food and Drink, French wines, Geneva, German wines, Jose Antonio Itarte, Mondial du Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Ronda, Sierre, Spain, Swiss wine in English, Swiss wines, Valais, Vaud, Vétroz, Vinea, wine

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