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Calendar: Divinum dates, Arvinis, other wine tasting events

13/04/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Swiss-wide calendar, for public and professionals If you haven’t yet discovered the Swiss Wine calendar on the official wine promotion board’s web site, it is now the easiest place to see listings for upcoming events. You’ll find that Divinum in Morges runs through Monday 16 April and the older and somewhat larger wine fair, Arvinis, […]

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Wineries Tagged With: Arvinis, Divinum, Fête des vignerons, open house, Swiss wine calendar, Vevey, Winegrowers Festival

Geneva’s open house: seek special treasures

27/05/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Geneva holds its wineries’ open house day this Saturday, 30 May, a great chance to discover some of the little treasure chest wines hidden there. Grape names you rarely hear in Switzerland, or at least not in French-speaking Switzerland, like Scheurebe, Kerner, Findling, Dunkelfelder and Cabernet Dorsaz, are on the wine lists of several wineries. […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Aligoté, Domaine des Charmes, Findling grape variety, Geneva, Kerner, Mandement, open house, Sauvignon Blanc, Scheurebe

Check out the fine Valais sunshine today

16/05/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Perfect weather for the third and final day of the Valais winery open house weekend. If you’re thinking about coming to Valais for the winery open houses the weather is now absolutely spectacular – listen to those happy birds singing! A video posted by Ellen Wallace (@ellenwallace) on May 15, 2015 at 11:07pm PDT

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: open house, Valais

Valais winery open days

28/05/2014 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

  GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s six wine regions each have winery open days, spread out over several weekends. Geneva and Ticino had theirs last weekend, pulling in good crowds. This weekend Valais has its turn, taking advantage of the long holiday weekend to run for three days. Next weekend it’s Vaud’s turn. The basic principle […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: canton Valais, open days, open house, Vins du Valais, wineries

Vaud open house, a little planning will help

25/05/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Correction: my apologies, but a couple of the wineries listed below are not taking part in the open house days. At Henri Cruchon, where the winery was packed out Saturday morning, they explained that they are already so busy on Saturdays that they could only add to the crowd if they are sure of good […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 2012, Lake Geneva region, open house, recommendations, suggestions, tips, Vaud Caves Ouvertes, visiting, What's on in Geneva and Vaud, wineries

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