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Schott: a work in progress

24/01/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Anne-Claire Schott: we’ll need a few years to decide if she is a successful pioneer or a rebel with a natural cause

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Anne-Claire Schott, Aroma der Landschaft, art and wine, biodynamic wines, natural wines, Neuchatel, orange wine, Sarah Meylan, Swiss wine national awards

Germanier, one winery’s quest for the best

20/05/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Looking beyond formulas for great wines The Guardian’s article about natural, organic and biodynamic wines with its slew of missionary purists reminded me of a series of photos I took in March at the Jean-René Germanier winery in Vetroz. The best Swiss wineries are trying ancient, older and new methods and combinations of all of […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: biodynamic, Cayas, Fully, Gilles Besse, Jean-René Germanier, Mitis, natural wines, new technology, new wine cellar, organic, Patrick Regamey, Philippe and Veronyc Mettaz, Sierre, Swiss Wine Promotion, Vétroz

Ruminations on recent wine news

20/05/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Sunday wine news perusings and musings for you. An article in Forbes about Swiss wine that will please the country’s wine promotion body, an interesting article about natural wine in The Guardian that is too focused on France, a provocative story in Le Temps about Bern’s efforts to centralize agricultural (including wine) research, a promising […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agroscope, biodynamic, Changins, Forbes, Fribourg move, Harvard, Has wine gone bad, longevity, natural wines, organic, Roche et vin, Why Swiss wines continue to impress, wine and health, wine promotion

Gressac: A holiday break from the urban life

22/02/2017 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

I headed for the Gard region to learn more about French organic wines; during my stay I was hosted by Domaine de Gressac. The owners, who are Swiss, and who previously worked in Geneva, were keen to introduce me to their natural wines but also to their five gîtes spread around the large property, beautiful purebred […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Domaine de Gressac, France, gîtes, Goudargues, natural wines, PRE horses, women's fitness boot camp

A hot French love affair

19/02/2017 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Organic wine, the new mistress of the French heartland – beautifully seductive and the hottest girl in town or country. Everybody wants to have her, and to listen to the marketing spiels, everybody’s got her. Whew, what a dame! But French mistresses have a reputation for artifice. I’ve been keen to see for myself to […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Travels Tagged With: Bagnols-sur-Cèze, bio, biodynamic, Chateauneuf-du-pape, Côtes du Rhône Villages, Côtes du Rhône wines, Domaine Clavel, Domaine Gressac, Domaine Luc Reynaud, Goudargues, Grenache, Laudun-Chusclan Cooperative, Laurence Reto Michelet, natural wines, Orange, organic wine, PRE horses, Syrah

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