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Winespeak: vine body parts

14/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

It’s high season for pruning vines in Switzerland, the job grape growers say determines whether or not they will have the best possible grapes. I spent a chilly afternoon learning to prune vines.

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Wineries Tagged With: grapevines, Kellenberger, pruning, the landscape of Swiss wine, Vin d'Œuvre, vineyards, winter vineyard work

Snowfall on the Rhone Valley

13/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Vineyards the length of the upper Rhone in Valais were treated to a gentle snowfall Monday.

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Travels Tagged With: Leuk-Stadt, Miège, Salgesch, Salquenen, snowstorm, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, the landscape of Swiss wine, Val d'Anniviers, vineyards

A walk in Salgesch, Valais, in the rain

04/05/2015 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

This was a very wet weekend in Switzerland, which meant I pretty much had the vineyards to myself, nice for photos as long as you don’t insist on sun in your images. This area is to the east (upriver side of the village) of the well-known Sierre-Salgesch vineyard trail, 6 km and 2.5 hours, that […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: hiking trails, management, Musée du vin et de la vin, national park, Pfinge forest, Pinot Noir, Rhone, Salgesch, Salquenen, Valais, vineyards, water

Vineglorious! Swiss wine book in English out soon

13/08/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss wines will soon have a boost internationally, with the first English-language book on Swiss wines in 20 years going on sale 1 September. The official launch of Vineglorious! Switzerland’s Wondrous World of Wines is at the Vinea Swiss Wines Fair Saturday 6 September in Sierre. I’ll be selling and signing the […]

Filed Under: News, Vineglorious! Swiss wine book Tagged With: author Ellen Wallace, book, culture, geography, history, Swiss wine in English, Swiss wines, Switzerland, Vineglorious!, vineyards

Let the sexual confusion begin!

29/03/2014 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Little brown pouches are appearing on vineyards in Switzerland at the moment, a reminder of the ongoing greening of the wine grape business. Switzerland remains a world leader in the use of pheromones instead of insecticides, an ecological solution to pests in vineyards. The system is based on large-scale diffusion in vineyards […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Agroscope, pests, pheromones, sexual confusion, Switzerland, vineyards, world leader

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