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Sierre

Sierre for sun and wine

22/03/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Sitting in a hotel room in Sierre, with the sun shining and the Mémoire des Vins Suisses annual presentation of its treasure chest of aging wines about to begin – and I’m reminded what a lovely place this is for anyone who likes good wine. Sierre, in the middle of canton Valais, boasts more sunshine […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Hotel de la Poste, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Sierre

What makes a wine traditional?

03/03/2017 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Tradition is a hot word in wine marketing right now, one that reassures consumers – and yet few of us who are on the buying end of the sales chain question what it means, I think. If you have been making wine the same way for 50 years, does that make your wine traditional? 100 years? Or what […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: AOP, Blaise Duboux, Chasselas, cheese, Cornalin, Dézaley, Dôle, Domaine Chappaz, Epesses, Etivaz, Fully, La Liaudisaz, Maurice Zufferey, Meilen, R3 Räuschling, Roquefort, Sierre, Vaud, Zurich

Top picks, reds from Vinea fair

03/09/2016 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

I normally opt to taste a lot of Pinot Noir at the Vinea Wine Fair, but this year my focus was other reds, in particular Gamays and Cornalins. My notes on favourites from tasting them yesterday – Friday – follow, ending with other reds that were among my top wines tasted at Vinea. This year […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aigle, Alain Emery, Anne-Catherine et Denis Mercier, black cherries in wine, Brivio, Cave La Romaine, Cave Les Deux Cîmes, Cave les Sentes, Cave Maurice Zufferey, Cave Philippe Bovet, Cornalin, Domaine des Muses, Domaine la Rodeline, Flanthey, Fully, Gamay, Givrins, Leuk-Stadt, Maurice Zufferey, Philippe et Véronyc Mettaz, Sierre, Ticino, Valais, Vaud, Vin d'Œuvre, Vinea 2016, Vinea Wine Fair

Int’l competitions: Winning Pinot wines named

02/09/2016 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Austrian cellar named ““Gran Maestro du Pinot Noir” Two Valais wines win Grand Or top awards SIERRE, SWITZERLAND – Austrian winery Weingut Schlosshalbturn from Halbturn was named the winner of the prestigious “Gran Maestro du Pinot Noir” at the Mondial des Pinots wine competition in Sierre Friday 2 September. Two wineries from canton Valais in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: awards, Mondial des Pinots, Pinot Noir, prizes 2016, Sierre, Vinea

Sierre wine museum hike, expo

02/09/2016 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

A quick note about an interesting option if you’re at the Vinea Wine Fair this weekend: a guided visit to the current exhibit is on offer at the Valais Wine Museum, next to the Chateau de Villa (whose excellent wine bar and raclette meals are always worth a visit). “Le vin au goût du jour” […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: hike, Marché des Cepages, Sierre, vineyards trail, walk

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