LOCARNO, SWITZERLAND - Thursday evening I gave a talk to a sellout crowd at the Anglo-Swiss Club in Locarno on unusual and rare Swiss grape varieties. We then tasted five of these wines. Here are some […]
Zurich’s Memoire & Friends, the joy of aging
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - When youth and age mix well it's a beautiful thing to behold. The Mémoire and Friends wine tasting event today allows wineries to show off their newest vintages to people in the […]
What’s the deal with older wines?
I'm about to start a series of reports here on older vintage Swiss wines. I've hesitated because of a niggling question: why should the public care about them? What's the big deal, as far as drinkers […]