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Canada’s western wine valleys: hunting for gems

05/05/2020 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Note: I visited Vancouver and toured wineries in western Canada in September 2019 and planned to publish this article in early 2020, to inspire wine-lovers who might be considering a Canadian tour this year. Part-way through the writing, Covid-19 suddenly appeared, and the idea of travel in 2020 became increasingly improbable. It’s taken me two […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Annecy, BC grape varieties, BC wine areas, bench, British Columbia, Canadian desert, Canadian wine, Chasselas, climate, First Nation, forest fires, fruit region, Gray Monk, hiking trails, ice wine, Kelowna, Meritage, Okanagan Valley, Osoyoos, Penticton, Pinot Gris, Similkameen Valley, Sonoran Desert, tasting fees, Vancouver, Vanessa, weather, wine clubs, wine exports, wine tourism

A quick tourist in Lucerne

02/04/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Lucerne is one of my favourite spots in Switzerland, a small city that never fails to delight me. Last week I had just two free hours to visit, but it’s the perfect place for that.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Chapel Bridge, Jesuit church, Lucerne, Mill Bridge, Opus Vinothek, Weeping lion monument, wine tourism

Winter wine travels in Switzerland

09/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Be a tourist in Swiss vineyards in the winter! You’ll see the true landscape of Swiss wine: extraordinary geography and human hands meet, a continuation of a culture that reaches far back in time.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Bex, CFF/SBB, Chateau de Chillon, Chateau de Ravire, Denens, Fully, Geneva, Lavigny, Miège, Ollon, Stalden, Swiss trains, Swiss vineyards, Valais, Vaud, Vispa River, wine tourism, winter tourism, Zermatt

Swiss winery wins world tourism “public choice” vote

12/12/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Celliers de Sion, the year-old wine tourism centre in Sion, is capping its first year with yet another prize: the “public choice award” among the international finalists at the Great Wine Capitals of the World wine tourism awards. The new venture was given an “international best of wine tourism award” in Adelaide, Australia in early […]

Filed Under: News, Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Bonvin winery, Celliers de Sion, Great Wine Capitals of the World, International Best of Wine Tourism, Lausanne Great Wine Capital, Valais wines, Varone winery, wine tourism, Yann Stucki

Sion’s classy new wine tourism centre

02/12/2017 by Ellen Wallace 4 Comments

The Celliers de Sion will make skiers as well as flatlanders happy this winter, with a new wine tourism centre that has just opened, 1 December. Winter visitors to the area can now opt for an easy introduction to two of the region’s largest wineries, learning something in the process about central Valais wines. The […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries Tagged With: Bonvin winery, Celliers de Sion, David Héritier, Gérard-Philippe Mabillard, Lavaux Vinorama, Michel Etter, Oenoparc, Pascal Bonvin, Rouvinez, Rouvinez winery, Sion, Valais, Varone, Varone winery, wine tourism

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