The wine Pinot Gris Tokayer 1948, Wädenswil agricultural station, Switzerland (The labels are gone). Vignette On tasting wine that is older than you are. The liquid that you swirl in your glass is deeper in colour yet more muted in tone than younger wines. Sensorially, you swap flashy for depth. And the conversation that drifts […]
Pinot Gris
Grapes: great so far, fingers crossed
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva is the latest area to declare its grapes very healthy, as we head into the critical month of September. Cantonal authorities have been testing the wine grapes and checking their health in the past few days. Guillaume Potterat, an oenologist with canton Geneva, told newspaper GHI that it’s too early to […]
Pinots from France, Switzerland take top 5 at Mondial
German Pinots make a strong showing GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Wines from Languedoc in France, Valais, Bern and Aargau won the top five awards at the Mondial des Pinots international wine contest, whose results were announced 30 August. The winners will receive their prizes Friday in Sierre, where 1,500 wines were judged earlier this month by […]
Today’s wine: Les Curzilles, Domaine La Colombe, Féchy
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I’m now posting my tasting notes mainly on a new Facebook page, Ellen’s Wine World. Blind tastings as well as my notes on wines that I’ve tasted at wineries or drinking at home will appear there. Today’s wine, for example, is a beauty, a new wine that Raymond Paccot from La Colombe […]
Yvorne Pinot Gris Passerillé 2008 Les Celliers du Chablais
Wine tasting notes, Swiss white wines wine video, white White wine, sweet Grape variety: Pinot Gris, vine-dried, 2008 Winery: Les Celliers du Chablais Location: Aigle Price at the winery: CHF29 for 37.5cl and CHF57 for 75cl View this wine reviewed in French by Laurent Probst and in German by Gabriel Tinguely Complete list of GenevaLunch […]