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Vins du Valais

Valais “star” wine awards

05/12/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The Etoiles du Valais wine awards were handed out 4 December in Bern to the wineries judged the best in the canton in 2019, each for a wine that features the canton’s native son grape varieties. Vintages were 2018 except for Syrah, Cornalin and Heidi, which benefit from more time, and these awards were for […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News, Wineries Tagged With: Chasselas, Cornalin, Dôle, Fendant, Heida, Humagne Rouge, Johannisberg, Païen, Petite Arvine, Syrah, Vins du Valais

Uncork now, 8 March 2019

11/03/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Swiss wines with a touch of Scotland! Today’s wines are both Pinot Noirs, nothing pale or timid about either of them, one from Givrins near Geneva and the other from the Swiss Alps.

Filed Under: Food & dining, Uncork now Tagged With: Cave des Deux Cimes, Chamoson, Givrins, Jamie McCulloch, Philippe Bovet, Pinot Noir, Valais, Vaud, Vinea Wine Fair, Vins du Valais, Vins Vaudois

Valais winery open days

28/05/2014 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

  GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s six wine regions each have winery open days, spread out over several weekends. Geneva and Ticino had theirs last weekend, pulling in good crowds. This weekend Valais has its turn, taking advantage of the long holiday weekend to run for three days. Next weekend it’s Vaud’s turn. The basic principle […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: canton Valais, open days, open house, Vins du Valais, wineries

Open Days for Valais wines, where to go

13/05/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Here are my personal recommendations for places to visit during the Valais wineries Open Days Thursday-Saturday, 13-15 May. This is far from exhaustive, given the 179 wineries participating. And not all wineries are part of this, including some excellent ones, for a variety of reasons. To keep the list reasonable, I’ve had to leave out […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Chamoson, English spoken, Flanthey, Fully, Granges, Jardin des Vins, Leytron, Martigny-Combe, Miège, Open Days 2010, recommended, Salgesch, Salquenen, Sierre, Sion, St Pierre-de-Clage, Swiss Wine Guide, Swiss wines, Valais, Varen, Vétroz, Veyras, Vins du Valais, visits, where to go, wine cellars, wineries

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