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Pinot Noir

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

Zürichsee, pendulum swings

13/02/2020 by Ellen Wallace 3 Comments

The Lake Zurich region was once a large wine-producing area, hard to believe when you stand anywhere at the edge of Lake Zurich now and see mainly industry and homes. But many of the slopes that are so populated today were once vine-covered. A mere 150 years ago Zürichsee had some 2,000 hectares of vineyard: […]

Filed Under: Travels, Vineglorious! Swiss wine book, Wineries Tagged With: Einsiedeln, Elbling, Konvent, Pinot Noir, Riesling-Sylvaner, Schipf winery, Zürichsee

A Pinot Noir by any name

07/12/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Pinot Noir takes so many forms; I decided Monday at the Mémoire & Friends wine fair in Zurich to ask a small number of producers who make more than one Pinot Noir for details about the differences. Here are a few notes: Clones and styles Weingut Wolfer, Weinfelden, Thurgau, near Lake Constance. Martin Wolfer (whose […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Clos Martha, Graubuenden Grisons wine region, Graubünden, Möhr-Niggli, pilgrim, Pinot Noir, Weinbau von Tscharner, Weingut Wolfer

Swiss wine 2009 vintage report

06/12/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

10 years on, how well are these wines doing? The Mémoire des Vins Suisses has become so well known as a collection of some of the finest wine producers in Switzerland that it’s easy to forget the original idea behind the group was to create a bank of diverse Swiss wines with aging potential and […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: aged Chasselas, aged wines, Agriloro, Azienda Mondò, Clos Marta, Cornalin, Denis & Catherine Mercier, Liesch, Madeleine Mercier, Memoire & Friends, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Merlot, Möhr-Niggli, oaked Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir, Roberto e Andrea Ferrari, Swiss Wine Vintage Award 2019, Swiss wine vintages, Switzerland vintage 2009, Syrah, Tenuta San Giorgio, Zwaa Osterfingen Oberhallau

2017 wines from Swiss Mémoire group

17/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Once a year the Mémoire des Vins Suisses group invites the public to a tasting session where wineries present three vintages of their wine. It’s a don’t-miss event.

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Azienda Mondò, Basel, Blaise Duboux, Bondola, Calamin, Caves de Chambleau, Chateau Maison Blanche Grand Cru Yvorne Chablais, Clos de Mangold, Ermitage, Gérald Besse, Heida St Jodernkellerei, Henri Cruchon, Hohle Gasse Pinot noir, Les Hutins, Maurice Zufferey, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Merlot-Cabernet blend, Nebbiolo, Petite Arvine, Petite Arvine Maître de Chais, Pinot Noir, Provins, Pur Sang blend, Raissennaz, Räuschling, Salvagnin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Schwarzenbach, Tenuta Castello di Morcote, Tenuta Vitivinicola Trapletti, the landscape of Swiss wine, Visperterminen, Weingut Jauslin, Weingut Wolfer, wine-tasting

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