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Category Archives: Swiss Wine
Switzerland 2025 Part 4 – Wines En-Route
Having written about three Swiss wine regions I have just visited over the past three articles, I thought I would conclude my Swiss trip by giving a very brief run-down of some of the wines we drank along the way, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Tourism
Tagged A Poil Petnat 2023, Adrien & Diego Mathier Salquenan, Bernese Wine, Centaure Pinot Noir 2020, Chasselas, Chasselas de Dardagny Les Hutins, Chasselas Les Murets Villette Blaise Duboux, Dardagny, Domaine Blaise Duboux Epesses Lavaux, Domaine de Montmollin Auvernier, Domaine des Curiades Lully, Domaine du Centaure Dardagny, Domaine Les Perrières Satigny, Gamaret Noir Combe 2022 Domaine des Graves, Geneva Wine, Neuchâtel Petnat, Noir Désir Domaine de la Mermière Geneva, Salgesch White Blend, Switzerland 2025 Pt 4, Thunersee AOC, Weinkellerei Riem Daepp & Co
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Switzerland 2025 Part 3 – Geneva, Rive Droite, Dardagny
Our final visit to a Swiss wine region from our latest trip takes us to the vineyards around Geneva. I’d place a bet that more than half the people reading this article haven’t drunk Geneva’s wines and some may not … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Swiss Wine, Wine and Food, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Adeline Wegmüller Vigneronne, Dardagny AOC Genève, Dardagny Rive Droite, Domaine du Centaure Dardagny, Domaine du Grand 'Cour Peissy, Domaine du Vigne Blanche Cologny, Domaine Les Faunes Dardagny, Domaine Les Hutins Dardagny, Geneva AOC Rive Droite, Geneva Wines, Jean-Pierre Pellegrin Winemaker, La Cave de Genève Satigny, La Gara Jussy, Swiss Wine, Switzerland 2025 Pt 3 Geneva/Dardagny
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Switzerland 2025 Part 2 – Lavaux and the Vinorama
Part Two of my Swiss trip takes us to Lavaux. Lavaux is certainly the most famous wine growing part of the Canton of Vaud, and along with mountain vineyards of the Valais, further east, it is one of the two … Continue reading
Switzerland 2025 Part 1 – Auvernier/Neuchâtel
I guess a few of you know I like Swiss Wine, and that I’ve just been to Switzerland, a trip that included some fine walking in the Swiss Alps as a prelude to visiting three Swiss wine regions and drinking … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Auvernier Wine, Domaine de Montmollin Auvernier, Neuchâtel Wine, Oeil de Perdrix Neuchâtel, Swiss Petnat, Swiss Wine Regions - Auvernier, travel, Wine, Wine Tasting, Wine Visit Switzerland, winery
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Recent Wines June 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
We begin Part 2 of June’s Recent Wines, those we drank at home, with a very rare and special Californian white. Wine number two isn’t quite as rare but it is also a remarkable and special wine. How to follow … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Californian Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Savoie Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wines of Southwest France,
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Adige Pinot Bianco, Bridgehead Vineyard Contra Costa County, Californian Palomino, Dirk Niepoort Batuta, Domaine Montmollin Auvernier Neuchâtel, Domaine Montmollin Oeil de Perdrix, Dominique Lucas Ballaison Savoie, Dordogne Wine Ferme L'Apogee, Douro Table Wine, Ferme L'Apogee Nasturtium Sauvignon Gris 2023, Ferme L'Apogee Sainte-Croix Dordogne, J Hofstätter Sudtirol/Alto Adige, J Hofstätter Weissburgunder 2024, Kheops Chardonnay Savoie, Les Vignes de Paradis Kheops Chardonnay, Neuchâtel Wine, Niepoort Batuta 2004, Niepoort Douro Table Wine, Oeil de Perdrix Neuchâtel, Recent Wines June 2025 (Pt 2), Sauvignon Gris, Savoie Natural Wine, Swiss Oeil de Perdrix Rosé, The Alley 2019 Christina Rasmussen, Weingut J Hofstätter Termino, Wine from Crépy Lac Léman, Wine in a Pyramid
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Recent Wines May 2025 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
May’s selection of wines drunk at home include a number which even I drink rarely, although it’s not only the more obscure among them to which that applies. We kick off Part One with a white Rioja. I’m behind the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Loire, Natural Wine, Nepal, Neusiedlersee, Rioja, Savoie Wine, Spanish Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex & Maria Koppitsch Neusiedl am See, Antoine Sanzay Varrains Saumur, Bodega Amaren, Burgenland Wine, Chautagne Wine, Christian Guyot Bernex Geneva, Corentin Houillon Veronnet 2020, Geneva Wines, Koppitsch Abendrot 2022 Burgenland, Koshu (Nepal), Loire Chenin Blanc, Loire Wine, Luis Cañas family of wines, Nepalese Wine, Pataleban Rose Koshu 2024, Pataleban Vineyard Resort, Pataleban Vineyard Winery Nepal, Prince des Vignes 2019 Christian Guyot, Recent Wines May 2025 (Pt 1), Rioja Alavesa, Rioja Blanco, Saumur Blanc Les Salles Martin 2018, Savoie Natural Wine, Swiss Wine
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Recent Wines April 2025 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
The opening wine from this third and final part of the bumper April edition of Recent Wines (what we drink at home) is a well-aged Burgundy Grand Cru. You might think it’s downhill all the way after that but not … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Burgundy, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Arbois Savagnin in Amphora, Burgenland Natural Wine, Celler Pardas Alt Penedès, Claus Preisinger Gols, Clos de Vougeot 1999 Lamarche, Czech Natural Wine Can Age, Devinière Pinot Gris 2020 Geneva, Domaine A&M Tissot Montigny-les-Arsures, Domaine de la Devinière Satigny Geneva, Dva Duby Dolni Kounice Moravia, Dva Duby Frankovka 2015, Geneva Wine, Jura Orange Wine, Jura Wine, Moravian Wine, Pardas Sumoll, Pardas Sus Scrofa 2022, Preisinger Kalkundkiesel Weiss 2022, Recent Wines April 2025 (Pt 3), Stéphane & Bénédicte Tissot, Stéphane Tissot Savagnin Amphore 2016, Willy & Camille Cretigny Winemakers at Satigny
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 