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Salgesch

Discovering a bit of Valais vineyard paradise

31/05/2014 by Ellen Wallace 3 Comments

Valais, as the largest Swiss wine region, spread out over a large area, has three days for its winery open days – the other regions generally have two days. A new idea this year from the Musée du Vin et de la Vigne (MVV) in Sierre-Salgesch/Salquenen was to offer an inexpensive (CHF15) and relatively easy […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Martigny Sierre, mazot, Musée du vin et de la vigne, MVV, Plan-Cerisier, Salgesch

Swiss Winemaker of the Year 2011 named

25/10/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Top awards for Swiss wines go to mix of new and old producers BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Winemaker of the Year for 2011 is Diego Mathier from Salquenen/Salgesch (cellar: Nouveau Salquenen) in canton Valais who previously won the coveted award in 2007. He was named at a gala dinner Tuesday night 25 October in […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 2011, award, awards, Begnins, best Swiss wines, blind tastings, competition, Diego Mathier, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, Maurice Zufferey, most points overall, organic wines, Reynald Parmelin, Salgesch, Salquenen, Swiss Winemaker of the Year

World Champion Pinot Noir winery in Graubuenden

02/09/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Grape variety growing rapidly in international popularity; Swiss Pinot Noirs among best Sierre, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The World Champion Pinot Noir producer is a Graubuenden winery, Weingut Donatsch Malans, for its Donatsch Pinot Noir Passion. The award, announced 2 September by the Mondial du Pinot Noir international wine competition, is given to the winery that […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Adrian Mathier, awards, Donatsch Pinot Noir Passion, Hilton, international competition, Mondial du Pinot Noir, Nouveau Salquenen, OIV, Roderick Wong, Salgesch, Salquenen, Sebastien Gavillet, Sierre, sommelier, Switzerland, U.S., Vinea, Weingut Donatsch Malans, wine, wine fair, winners, Yann Juban

Open Days for Valais wines, where to go

13/05/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Here are my personal recommendations for places to visit during the Valais wineries Open Days Thursday-Saturday, 13-15 May. This is far from exhaustive, given the 179 wineries participating. And not all wineries are part of this, including some excellent ones, for a variety of reasons. To keep the list reasonable, I’ve had to leave out […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Chamoson, English spoken, Flanthey, Fully, Granges, Jardin des Vins, Leytron, Martigny-Combe, Miège, Open Days 2010, recommended, Salgesch, Salquenen, Sierre, Sion, St Pierre-de-Clage, Swiss Wine Guide, Swiss wines, Valais, Varen, Vétroz, Veyras, Vins du Valais, visits, where to go, wine cellars, wineries

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