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Salgesch

Snowfall on the Rhone Valley

13/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Vineyards the length of the upper Rhone in Valais were treated to a gentle snowfall Monday.

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Travels Tagged With: Leuk-Stadt, Miège, Salgesch, Salquenen, snowstorm, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, the landscape of Swiss wine, Val d'Anniviers, vineyards

It’s Swiss wine awards time!

18/10/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, Gault&Millau For Swiss wineries, the big awards of the year were handed out tonight in Bern, at the gala dinner that brings to a close the annual Grand Prix du Vin Suisse competition. There are some beauties here – you should not lack for interesting and very pleasing new wines […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Cave de la Côte, Cave Nouveau Salquenen, Diego Mathier, Gault&Millau 2019, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, Lauriers de platine, Salgesch, Terravin Lauriers de Platine, Valais Etoiles, Valais Stars, Vinea, Vinum

A walk in Salgesch, Valais, in the rain

04/05/2015 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

This was a very wet weekend in Switzerland, which meant I pretty much had the vineyards to myself, nice for photos as long as you don’t insist on sun in your images. This area is to the east (upriver side of the village) of the well-known Sierre-Salgesch vineyard trail, 6 km and 2.5 hours, that […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: hiking trails, management, Musée du vin et de la vin, national park, Pfinge forest, Pinot Noir, Rhone, Salgesch, Salquenen, Valais, vineyards, water

Down below, preparing for the harvest

29/09/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

At dawn Sunday, it looked like this, the mist hanging over the vineyards of Sierre, Miège, Salgesch and beyond, in canton Valais. Quiet vineyards, but as of today in full swing with the harvest (although they began last week).

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: dawn, Miège, Salgesch, Valais, Visp

Watering vines in Switzerland

19/07/2014 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Wine writer Yves Beck, who posts frequently on Facebook, set me straight there on what seems to be an urban myth about the Swiss countryside. I’ve been told by many people that Valais is the only canton that authorizes watering for vines. I mentioned it recently because Salgesch (called Salquenen in French), near Sierre, sits […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: dry areas, Maurice Peyre, Salgesch, Salquenen, watering vines

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