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Vaud wines

Servagnin’s 600th birthday

12/02/2020 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

This is the wine you must not miss in 2020. You might have to line up to taste it, but it’s worth the trouble. This is Servagnin’s 600th birthday year. Its story is charming and it is a wine worth celebrating. This may be as close as we get to what Burgundies once tasted like, […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Morges wines, Raoul Cruchon, Robert Cramer, Savoie, Servagnin, Swiss Grand Cru, Swiss wine, Swiss wine history, Vaud wines, Vins Vaudois

Lavaux embraces organic

03/12/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Lavaux is about to put to rest forever the idea that organic wines are second-best, following a decision by a group of growers-producers Wednesday evening to stop using all synthetic products and to sharply curb the number of vine treatments by helicopters, from 7-8 a year to 4. The vote by producers […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Biosuisse, Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, grapevine diseases, helicopters, Lavaux, organic wines, Vaud wines

Hublot throws marketing weight behind Vaud wines

13/05/2014 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Expect to see Vaud Chasselas soon in Copacabana, during the World Cup, served in the Hublot watch VIP lounge. Jean-Claude Biver and his ultra-luxe watch company Hublot are giving wines from canton Vaud a serious marketing boost through a new partnership: Hublot and the OVV, the Vaud Wine Organization, announced 9 May […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Hublot, Jean-Claude Biver, OVV, partnership, Vaud wines

Vaud takes its wines to China, HK

25/04/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Six wineries from canton Vaud are getting a helping hand from watchmaker Hublot and its chairman Jean-Claude Biver in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China this week, during a series of presentations and tasting sessions. The group, working with the Vaud Wines Office, is looking to build contacts with importers and to introduce their wines to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: China, Vaud wines

Mondial du Pinot Noir judging, off to Lavaux Vinorama

18/08/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A morning of judging Pinot Noir wines from around the world and the judges need a break and a little educational boost. So Friday afternoon ended with a visit to the Lavaux Vinorama, built into the rocks on the lakefront near Vevey in May 2010. If you haven’t yet visited, do so. […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Lavaux, Mondial des Pinots, Terravin, Vaud wines, Vinorama

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