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St Prex

More good news for Morges wines

11/10/2017 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

Marc Vicari, a compact man, exudes a sense of order and balance, and at the moment he has a relaxed smile, in part because of last week’s news that his winery’s Servagnin 2015 was awarded 90+ points by Robert Parker. (subscription). The grapes had just been harvested in record time, under two weeks, thanks to fine […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Robert Parker, Servagnin, St Prex, Ville de Morges winery

The birth of our wine bottles

17/03/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

A couple months ago I mentioned here that I had visited Vetropack in St Prex, as part of a magazine assignment. Since the article had not yet appeared I couldn’t say too much, but seeing it in print last week reminded me of how wonderful the tour of the glass factory was. The giant furnaces, […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: recycling glass, St Prex, Vetropack, wine bottles

Vetropack’s Green Convivial Army

17/03/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

My article on Switzerland’s glass recycling specialist Vetropack has just been published in the new edition of Swiss Wine Connection magazine. It is reproduced here with permission. Soldiers of glass, with a potential for keeping the peace and encouraging friendly relations: glassmaker Vetropack’s assembly lines of bottles march towards a fine new life, carrying wine […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Bülach, recycling glass, St Prex, Swiss Wine Connection, Vetropack, wine bottles

Pure Chasselas, pure pleasure

11/03/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Trying to explain Chasselas to people who dismiss it as uninteresting because it is low in acidity is a nearly hopeless exercise, although wine writers in Switzerland who love this wine – and there are many of us! – keep trying. How many average drinkers consider the acidity in their wine? The other day I […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: "Lys", Chasselas, Croix Fédérale restaurant, David Kind, fishing, Lake Geneva, perch, St Prex, Terre Neuve winery

Rain holds off in St Prex for Paris dancers Le Riche, Osta

26/08/2009 by Ellen Wallace

St Prex, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The main street of the medieval village of St Prex  was graced Tuesday night 25 August with star dancers from the Paris Opera Nicolas Le Riche and his wife Clairemarie Osta in Prokoviev’s “Romeo & Juliet” as part of the St Prex Festival. For the second night running the […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: ballet, Clairemarie Osta, dance, Lausanne news, music, Nicolas Le Riche, outdoor concerts, Paris Opera, rain, St Prex, St Prex Festival, theatre

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