Alexandre Truffer, a young and excellent Swiss wine writer, is coming out with a book on the best wines from French-speaking Switzerland that will be available in bookstores 22 March – I’ll be carrying a review of Vins de suisse romande here next week, as I’m keen to see which are his favourites, but more […]
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Swiss women helping build int’l wine group
The role of women in wine-making continues to grow as women become oenologists and run vineyards in ever larger numbers in most wine-making countries. The shift has natural roots in family wineries, where women have always played a role, as well as in the growing tendency for women to be the main buyers of wine. […]
Silver linings: Taramarcaz’s Domaine des Muses
Silver linings, a series of profiles of award-winning producers: Switzerland has some of the world’s finest wines and its top winemakers are terroir artists. Domaine des Muses sweeps awards in Valais The first I heard of Robert Taramarcaz was when this young newcomer to Valais winemaking received warm applause and an evening of plaudits from […]
Rouvinez becomes largest private wine company in Valais
Sierre, Valais, Switzerland (Le Nouvelliste, Fre) – Rouvinez, Sierre-based winery, will buy Charles Bonvin & Fils, including 20 hectares of vineyard, to become the largest private wine company in Valais. Valais is Switzerland’s largest wine-producing canton, with 40 percent of the country’s wine: 45 million litres in 2008. The sale, reportedly for some CHF10 million, […]