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Pinot Gris

Okanagan winery picks

05/05/2020 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

My selection of Canada’s Okanagan wineries Four days in September were perfect for an introduction to Canada’s Okanagan wines. (See my background article on Canada’s western wine gems) I had a wonderful Vancouver host, Mike, who has explored many of the wineries and their wines over the years, and he had pre-selected some cellars he […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Annecy, British Columbia, Burrowing Owl, Canadian wine, Chardonnay, Chasselas, Gray Monk Estate, Howard Soon, Kelowna, Meritage, Mission Bell tower, Mission Hill, Okanagan Valley, Paccard Bell Foundry, Pinot Gris, Sandhill, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz, Similkameen Valley, Swiss Solar Tech Ltd., Syrah, Vanessa Winery, wine clubs, winery solar power

Canada’s western wine valleys: hunting for gems

05/05/2020 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Note: I visited Vancouver and toured wineries in western Canada in September 2019 and planned to publish this article in early 2020, to inspire wine-lovers who might be considering a Canadian tour this year. Part-way through the writing, Covid-19 suddenly appeared, and the idea of travel in 2020 became increasingly improbable. It’s taken me two […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Annecy, BC grape varieties, BC wine areas, bench, British Columbia, Canadian desert, Canadian wine, Chasselas, climate, First Nation, forest fires, fruit region, Gray Monk, hiking trails, ice wine, Kelowna, Meritage, Okanagan Valley, Osoyoos, Penticton, Pinot Gris, Similkameen Valley, Sonoran Desert, tasting fees, Vancouver, Vanessa, weather, wine clubs, wine exports, wine tourism

Zürichsee wine notes

02/03/2020 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Notes on several wines from the Lake Zurich region (background information on the area’s wines: Zürichsee, pendulum swings). I tasted these at a press wine tasting at the Wein&Sein Höcklistein, Rapperswil-Jona, in December, organized as part of a larger Swiss Wine & Friends tasting event. The region has 32 wineries, and the quality level is […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Dreistand Weinbauzentrum Wädenswil, Freisamer, Le Petit Chateau winery, Lüthi Weinbau, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Räuschling, Sauvignon Blanc, Scheurebe, Schipf, Schwarzenbach winery, Stäfa wein, Weingut Bachmann, Weingut Erich Meier, Weingut Irsslinger, Weingut Rütihof, Zürichsee, Zürichsee wine region

Uncork now! Pinot Gris late harvest, Alpine Gamay – 13 February 2020

13/02/2020 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

New Year’s Eve was the perfect night to open a late harvest sweet Pinot Gris wine. Badoux makes this classy Lettres de Noblesse white wine that increases in elegance and richness as it ages in the bottle. The 2011 is now perfect, with apricot and honey notes, great depth and excellent balance between acidity and […]

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: Aigle, Badoux, Fully, Gamay, Gamay Combe de Noutse, late harvest, Lettres de Noblesse, Pinot Gris, Saillon, Valentina Andrei

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

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