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Terravin

Swiss garner wealth of medals at world wine show

13/05/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

In a series of blind-tastings of 9,200 wines over three days, by 350 judges, where no one knew the country of origin of any of the wines, Switzerland was the fifth most bemedalled country at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, a remarkable feat.

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aigle, books on Swiss wine in English, Cave Philippe Bovet, Cayas, Celliers du Chablais, Chandra Kurt, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Clos de Géronde, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2019, Cornalin, Domaine des Muses, Domaine la Capitaine, Domaines Rouvinez, Heida, Jean-Daniel Coeytaux, Jean-René Germanier, Merlot, Petite Arvine, Provins, Sur les traces des Titans, Swiss Brut, Swiss wine landscape, Terravin, the landscape of Swiss wine

The height of discretion

16/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Terravin’s best Vaud Chasselas It was glass number 13 that forced me to stop and ask myself if it is really possible for a single wine to be the absolute best. And for us – the judges for the Lauriers de Platine Terravin – to choose it with any certainty. To be clear: this is […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Aerowatch, Bourgeoisie de la Ville de Fribourg, Cave de l'Hôpital, Cave de la Côte, Chablais AOC, Chasselas, Christian Dupuis, Elevé sur Lies, Epesses, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Jean-François Morel, La Côte AOC, La Viticole de Villeneuve, Lauréats de Platine Terravin, Lavaux AOC, Le Chardon, Mondial du Chasselas, Mont-sur-Rolle, Montoise Esprit Terroir, Terravin, Villeneuve Grand Cru, Yvorne

Terravin’s Chasselas top wines unveiled

20/11/2015 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Platine Terravin results are keenly awaited every year, just weeks after the harvest is in; the relatively new Mondial du Chasselas wine competition held in the summer hasn’t taken any of the shine off this annual event that puts the spotlight on some of Switzerland’s best Chasselas wines. This year’s winner […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News, Wineries Tagged With: Bolles, Chasselas, competition, Croix Duplex, Féchy, Filet d'Or, Grandvaux, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Morges, Platine, quality label, Terravin, Vaud, Violier

Vaud Chasselas, 8 Valais stars – coming soon

04/11/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

I’ll be taking part in, and reporting back to you soon, on two annual events that are not open to the public but which will point you to some of the best Swiss wines. The first is the annual selection of favourite Chasselas wines from canton Vaud, the Lauriers de Platine Terravin, organized by the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News, Wineries Tagged With: Benoît Violier, Cornalin, Dôle, Etoiles du Valais, Fendant, Heida, Hôtel de Ville Crissier, Humagne Rouge, Johannisberg, Lauriers Platine, Petite Arvine, Sélection du Valais, Syrah, Terravin, Vaud wine quality label

Literary wine, a post-weekend love affair

06/09/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

What a crazy weekend – first, 2.5 days of intense wine education at Vinea, the wine fair in Sierre. It ended for me and a group of journalists Saturday night late, with an extraordinary dinner at Didier de Courten’s restaurant, 19/20 Gault&Millau, with a lineup of beautiful wines to accompany the meal. The only problem […]

Filed Under: Vineglorious! Swiss wine book Tagged With: book fair, Chateau Mercier, Didier de Courten, Gamaret, Gamay, Hotel Terminus, Laurier d'Or, Le livre sur les quais, Protagoniste, Sierre, Terravin, Vinea, Vins de Morges

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