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Sweet wines

List of top 66 Swiss wines in national Grand Prix

23/08/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Here’s the list of the 66 wines that are finalists in the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse 2011 national wine competition, by category, in alphabetical order within each category. These are the wines I wrote about yesterday that will compete for the 33 gold and silver medals to be awarded in October, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 11 categories, 2011 Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, blends, Chasselas, Gamay, Merlot, Mueller-Thurgau, Pinot Noir, red, residual sugar, rosé, single grape wines, Sweet wines, top 66, white varietals, winning wines

Vaud and Geneva announce cantonal wine awards

20/06/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Selections winners for Geneva and Vaud are out, and what a fine collection of wines they are! 2010 was a good year, we keep hearing, and sampling some of the winning wines last week confirmed this for me. I’ll add my notes on some of the wines in the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: awards, cantonal competitions, Cave Les Bossons, Dardagny, Les Hutins, Marcassin, Peissy, prizes, reds, roses, Sanglier, selection, Selection Geneva, Selection Vaud, Sweet wines, white, winners

Swiss film on gem of a winemaker wins int’l award

07/09/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Top Swiss sweet wines, including film subject Chappaz’s, tasted at Vinea It’s easy to see why Fred Florey chose Marie-Thérèse Chappaz in Fully for the subject of his wine film, the 52-minute documentary Les saisons de Marie-Thérèse Chappaz, which has just won the Grand Prix Spécial du Grand Jury at Oenovideo in France. The film […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Benoît Dorsaz, dessert wines, Domaine de Mont d'Or, fletri, Fully, Grains Noble ConfidenCiel, late harvest grapes, Marie-Therese Chappaz, Oenovideo, Petite Arvine, Sion, Sweet wines, Swiss, Switzerland, Tasting notes, Vinea, withered

Film on Swiss winemaker Chappaz wins int’l awards

20/05/2010 by Ellen Wallace

A beautiful as well as educational  wine film made for Swiss public television has just been named the winner of two international awards: “Les saisons de Marie-Thérèse Chappaz” by Fred Florey, co-produced by Bordu Films and TSR, has been named the Oenovideo film of the year in France. It has also been named the 2010 […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Fijev, film award, Fred Florey, Fully, Marie-Therese Chappaz, Oenovideo, producer, Sweet wines, Valais, wine

Learning to love sweet wine

08/09/2008 by Ellen Wallace

I now think that a beautiful sweet wine, maybe with a handful of good walnuts from the tree down the road or a sliver of very dark chocolate, is a great way to end the day

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Noble Rot, Sweet wines, Swiss wine

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