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Changing of the guard in vineyards

01/12/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Autumn shifting to winter is always a visually charged season, with dramatic color changes. This is particularly true in a country like Switzerland: the Swiss wine landscape holds mountains and rivers and lakes and gentle hillsides all in close proximity. Altitude adds another element. We veer from winter to autumn and back to winter in […]

Filed Under: Garden & nature, News Tagged With: alps fog, black and white goats, Swiss alps first snow, Swiss goats, swiss weather, Swiss wines, tomatillos

Uncork now, Geneva white, Schaffhausen red – 30 May 2019

30/05/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

May and early June are for me the in-between time for wines, too cool to sip whites all evening outdoors but a night of red can feel like too much – we want to move on after a winter of them. I dropped in briefly at the end of a day of tasting organized by […]

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: Albi, biodynamic wines, Cave de la Côte, Dardagny, Geneva, oaked Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Schaffhausen, Sophie Dugerdil, Swiss wines, Tolochenaz, Weingut Besson-Strasser

A hard road to Chamoson

15/03/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Jamie McCulloch picks up a few rays of the wintry sun outside the post office of Chamoson, waiting for his visitor. His face has the look of Scotland for me and I immediately recall men outside pubs in the west of Scotland, facing the setting sun and reflecting on the world. McCulloch is, however, a […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Black Magic wine, Cave Les Deux Cîmes, Chamoson, Jamie McCulloch, Petite Arvine, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Scottish winemaker, Swiss wine landscape, Swiss wines, the landscape of Swiss wine, Valais wines, White Magic wine

Swiss Bruxelles competition winners

26/05/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Nearly one-third of the Swiss wines entered in the Bruxelles wine competition, 49 out of 166 entered,  have come home with gold or silver medals; the results were announced Friday 25 May. Two won top honours with great gold medals: Viognier Blanc from Philippe Varone Vins in Sion, Valais and Yvorne Petit Vignoble Blanc vintage […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aigle, awards 2018, Concours de Bruxelles, Swiss wines

Vineglorious! Swiss wines book – super holidays deal

08/12/2017 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

20% off for a superb gift, CHF19.20, or CHF18 each if you buy 2, plus shipping & handling. Normal price CHF24. BUY NOW Offer valid from noon Friday 8 December until noon Tuesday 12 December (order-received time counts), plus shipping & handling. Also available in bookstores in French-speaking Switzerland. Vineglorious! Switzerland’s Wondrous World of Wines: buy it […]

Filed Under: Vineglorious! Swiss wine book Tagged With: English book, Swiss wines, Vineglorious, wine book

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