Voluptuous is the first word that comes to mind. Fruity, oak fully integrated, round and luscious. Just right for lifting the spirits on these gray Lake Geneva days as the fog and early winter start […]
“Le Protagoniste” 2013
Domaine de la Ville de Morges Delightfully easy to drink, very good value for money, wonderful nose.I had it with simple tomato sauce pasta, would be curious to try it with a mild curry dish […]
wine pick: “Le Virtuose” red from Lavaux
"Le Virtuose", Blondel-Duboux, red blend, Epesses Grand Cru, Lavaux, canton VaudI was leaving the Vinorama in Rivaz, on the shores of Lake Geneva, after its ribbon-cutting event Tuesday evening. […]
Humagne Rouge, St Saphorin, Vaud
A surprise, this one, with most Humagne Rouge from its home canton, Valais. St Saphorin, which sits on the shores of Lake Geneva, has a fine Humagne Rouge, from the Cave du Château de Glérolles, a […]
Œil de Perdrix 2013
The home of Oeil de Perdrix wine is Neuchâtel, just north of here. This northern stretch of Canton Vaud was long considered a backwater for wine but in recent years great strides have been made, and […]
Cabernet de J-M Novelle
A blend from Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.The rare wine where we start with the wine and decide on a meal, because the wine is such a special treat. A beauty from start to finish, and […]
Gemma Hermitage
One of the wines matured inside the Rhone glacier by the Adrian Mathier winery. This Gemma line of four late harvest wines, all of them allowed to mature slowly at low temperatures, is one of the […]
Assemblage, red, Stéphane Gros
We had this as a first red when guests came to dinner, after nibbles and a white Chasselas. Main course was chicken, stuffed with tarragon and roasted with a healthy dose of potatoes, onions and […]
Gwäss aka Gouais, Chanton
This is a curiosity wine and enjoyable plus a conversation piece! It is an old, old Swiss grape variety, Gouais in French, known as the Casanova of grapes for spawning so many offshoots. Chanton is […]
Burgwein, Schmid Wetli winery
I drank this at the end of two days of wine-tasting, at a relaxing dinner with veal in a cream sauce, and it was simply splendid. We see too few wines from St Gallen, and it's a reminder that there […]