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Petite Arvine

Uncork now: Petite Arvine – post-margarita!

05/05/2020 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

After more than a month of self-isolation a day suddenly arrived where we needed a bit of zing! in the evening. Fortuitously, a trial test to order farmer-to-consumer avocados from Spain turned out very well, the best of these I’ve ever had. And world-class asparagus from Saillon in Valais was suddenly available. Which added up […]

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: avocado, Crowdfarming, Jean de Crêtes, Les Fils Maye, Patrón Tequila, Petite Arvine, recipes asparagus, Riddes, Saillon asparagus

Valais “star” wine awards

05/12/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The Etoiles du Valais wine awards were handed out 4 December in Bern to the wineries judged the best in the canton in 2019, each for a wine that features the canton’s native son grape varieties. Vintages were 2018 except for Syrah, Cornalin and Heidi, which benefit from more time, and these awards were for […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News, Wineries Tagged With: Chasselas, Cornalin, Dôle, Fendant, Heida, Humagne Rouge, Johannisberg, Païen, Petite Arvine, Syrah, Vins du Valais

New treasure in old Sion vineyard

31/10/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

I would never have discovered one particularly beautiful perch on an Alpine slope if it weren’t for Dr Henry Wuilloud. The exhibit “Les 1001 vies [the 1001 lives] du Docteur Wuilloud” at the Valais Wine Museum in Sierre/Salgesch runs for another month, until 30 November. It opened in March with a remarkable conference and tasting […]

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Wineries Tagged With: Alain Wuilloud, Cave des Bouquetins, Charly Wuilloud, Diament Noir, Diolinoir, Dr Henry Wuilloud, dry stone walls, Francine Wuilloud, Iseline Wuilloud, Merlot, Musée du Vin du Valais, Petite Arvine, Pinot Gris, Romain Wuilloud, Sion, Valais Wine Museu

2018 Swiss wines: young Valais wines tasted in May

25/10/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Les Glorieuses is a series of wine tastings held on four Mondays in May every year in Martigny. It’s open to wine and food professionals and tends to attract many sommeliers – Mondays were chosen because that’s the day when many restaurants are closed and sommeliers have a day off. I made it to two […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: 2019 Swiss white wines, Benoît Dorsaz, Cave Rodeline, Chardonnay, Christophe Abbet, Claudine Roduit, Didier Jorat, Domaine Gérald Besse, Folaterre, Fully, Gilbert Devayes, Hermitage, Les Glorieuses, Leytron, Magliocco et fils, Marie-Therese Chappaz, Marsanne, Martigny, Mikaël Magliocco, MTC, Païen, Petite Arvine, Pinot Blanc, Rhone valley

Swiss garner wealth of medals at world wine show

13/05/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

In a series of blind-tastings of 9,200 wines over three days, by 350 judges, where no one knew the country of origin of any of the wines, Switzerland was the fifth most bemedalled country at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, a remarkable feat.

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aigle, books on Swiss wine in English, Cave Philippe Bovet, Cayas, Celliers du Chablais, Chandra Kurt, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Clos de Géronde, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2019, Cornalin, Domaine des Muses, Domaine la Capitaine, Domaines Rouvinez, Heida, Jean-Daniel Coeytaux, Jean-René Germanier, Merlot, Petite Arvine, Provins, Sur les traces des Titans, Swiss Brut, Swiss wine landscape, Terravin, the landscape of Swiss wine

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