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Vully

New quality charter for 2 Vully wines

08/04/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Pierre Thomas, writing in Fribourg newspaper La Liberté, points to a new quality charter for wines from two grapes in the Vully area, Freiburger and Traminer that deserve to be more widely known. When they are good they are very good. He also reviews a group of wines produced by some of the producers who […]

Filed Under: News, Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Christian Vessaz, Cru de l'Hôpital, Domaine du Petit Château, Motier, Simonet, Vully

Chasselas: Vully a winner in more than one sense

04/07/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – There were some good surprises at the Mondial du Chasselas awards Friday evening 4 July at the Chateau d’Aigle in eastern canton Vaud, starting with the big winner, Domaine Chervet from Vully, with 93.2 points out of 100. The world is so used to praising the superb Chasselas wines from Lavaux (Dézaley, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: gold medals, Maison Blanche, Mondial du Chasselas, Vully, Yvorne

Five wines for Chinese visitors

24/06/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Last week I gave a presentation on Swiss wines and led a tasting session of five wines from western Switzerland  for a group of 30 Chinese managers from Harbin. They are following a three-week intensive course at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz’s International Programme in Solothurn. Strong interest, lively discussions and wonderful questions all around. Here are […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Chamoson, Chasselas, Dôle, Domaine des Muses, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz's International Programme, Féchy, Fribourg, Henri Cruchon, Morges, Muscat, Oeil de Perdrix, Pinot Noir, Servagnin, Sierre, Valais, Vaud, Vully

Falling in love again: Vully

02/05/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

There are many wonderful things about wine, not least of which it allows you to keep falling in love! Occasional bouts of jealousy among the lovers is completely manageable, happily. Yesterday I fell in love yet again, this time with the Swiss region of Vully and in particular with the village of Môtier, which must […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Charlemagne, Fribourg, Le Petit Chateau winery, Morat, Motier, Terravin, Vaud, Vully

New Vaud AOC wine rules spark battle for top slots

16/06/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Féchy, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Wine producers in the small (population: 700) village of Féchy, above the lakeside town of Rolle, met Friday 12 June for the annual “baptism” of their Vigne du Monde, vintage 2008. It was a remarkably charming event, held next to the landmark hillside white chapel, with the sun shining, the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: AOC, Bonvillars, Chablais, Côtes-de-l'Orbe, Crissier, Féchy, Food and Drink, Fredy Girardet, Gilles Cornut, Jean-Luc Kursner, La Côte, Lavaux, Rolle, Salquenen, Swiss news, Swiss wine, terroir, Vaud, Vétroz, Vigne du Monde, Vully, wine

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