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Geneva wine awards, spotlight on the best

19/06/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Fine blends, aromatic whites from 2014 vintage GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Gamay, Pinot Noir, Chasselas, Cabernet Franc and a blend were the official Geneva stars Wednesday evening at the canton’s annual wine awards, the Sélection des vins de Genève. The awards evening at the Hôtel de Ville shows off some of the best wines in the […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: "Mathurin", "Red Baron", Cave Les Crêtets, Domaine de Chafalet, Domaine des Alouettes, Domaine des Bossons, Domaine des Charmes, Domaine Les Perrières, Gamay, gold medals, Peissy, Pinot Blanc, red blend, rosé, Sélection des vins de Genève 2015, silver medals

Geraniums: smell them

11/09/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

A wine class teacher told me you should sniff fruit in stores as often as possible to really register those smells, so if you see people bending over the fruit and breathing (in) heavily, they might be wine lovers. I do the same with flowers. Last Sunday before going from the Château Mercier in Sierre, […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: floral, geranium, perfume test strips, perfumes, rosé, smells

Top Swiss wines named: Grand Prix finalists, gold, silver

11/08/2014 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The 72 finalists for the top awards at the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse (GPVS), the national wine awards have been announced. Wineries compete for six top slots in 12 wine categories, plus the title of Winery of the Year. The winners were named out of a field of 2,800 wines submitted […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: blends, Chasselas, Gamay, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, Merlot, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Noir, rosé, Swiss national wine competition

Winemaker of the Year from Ticino, top wine Valais and organic from Geneva

23/10/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Number one wine is from Valais and best organic wine from Geneva BERN, SWITZERLAND – Head for Valais for the best bottle of wine in the country, a Johannisberg from Chamoson, but go to Ticino if you want to sample the collection from the top winemaker in Switzerland. And Geneva is home to the best […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Bern gala event, blends, Chamoson, Choulex, Claudio Tamborini, competition, Domaine de Miolan, Domaine du Cretacombe, Geneva, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse 2012, judges, Lamone winery, Merlot, Mueller-Thurgau, red, Riesling, rosé, sparkling, sweet, Swiss wine national awards, top Swiss wines, Valais, white

Best Swiss wines, national competition finalists named

23/08/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Click on images to view larger GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Grand Prix du Vin Suisse (GPVS) finalist wines, 72 of them, were announced 22 August by Vinea, the Sierre-based organization that organizes the national wines competition. The GPVS judging took place in June, when 3,000 wines from 600 producers were assessed in blind tastings during […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: blends, categories, Chasselas, Gamay, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, Mueller-Thurgau, national competition, Pinot Noir, red, rosé, single grape, sparkling, Swiss wines, top wines, varietal, white, wine competition, winners

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