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Morge’s terrific little wine tasting deal

07/08/2014 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

A group of wineries in the Morges area in canton Vaud has created an offer to make it easier for visitors to sample wines. English-speakers, you will be happy to know they are doing this in English as well as French – I’ve been told they would love to welcome more of the international population […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: brochure, Morges, wine tasting in English, wineries

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

Parker team wakes up to Swiss wines (update)

12/01/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Those of us who know Swiss wines knew the day would come when the Robert Parkers of the world would discover Helvetia’s rich and varied collection of wines; that day has arrived. Swiss wine researcher and author José Vouillamoz in 2011 invited David Schildknecht, a member of Parker’s wine reviewing team and […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Best of 2012, Blaise Duboux, Cantina Kopp von der Crone Visini, David Schildknecht, Domaine des Muses, Lavaux, Memoire des Vins Suisse, Pierre-Luc Leyvraz, Robert Parker, Robert Taramarcaz, Sierre, Swiss wines, Valais, Vaud, wineries

Vaud open house, a little planning will help

25/05/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Correction: my apologies, but a couple of the wineries listed below are not taking part in the open house days. At Henri Cruchon, where the winery was packed out Saturday morning, they explained that they are already so busy on Saturdays that they could only add to the crowd if they are sure of good […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 2012, Lake Geneva region, open house, recommendations, suggestions, tips, Vaud Caves Ouvertes, visiting, What's on in Geneva and Vaud, wineries

Swiss wineries open house days: tips for visiting

16/05/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss cantons are becoming increasingly organized and coordinating their work for the cantonal wineries’ open house days. The same basic tips apply for visiting all of them: Your starting point should be the GenevaLunch news story on the event (search name of canton + wineries open house). The open houses are designed […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: alcohol limit on Swiss roads, cantons, Geneva, how to visit Swiss wineries, Neuchatel, open house days, Swiss news in English, Switzerland, tips, Valais, Vaud, wineries

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