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Category Archives: Swiss Wine
Time for More Swiss Wine
Last night Wringer & Mangle just south of London Fields hosted a reception organised by Westbury Communications for four Swiss producers from the Valais Region. The space was packed with people who came for the wine and the exhibition of label art created … Continue reading
Posted in Grape Varieties, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Labels, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alpine Wines, Cayas Reserve Syrah 2016, Cornalin, Dôle Balavaud Vétroz, Domaine des Muses, Domaine Jean-René Germanier, Heida, Heida Chapitre, Humagne Rouge Maître de Chais, IWArtChallenge2, Johannisberg Chamoson, London Swiss Wine Tasting, London Valais Wine Tasting 2019, Petite Arvine, Provins Valais, Swiss Syrah, Swiss Wine, Thierry Constantin, Thierry Constantin Fendant, Valais Syrah, Vin du Valais, Wallis Wein, Westbury Comms Valais Wines, Wringer & Mangle Swiss Wine Tasting
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London Wine Fair 2018 Part 1 – Esoterica
It’s that time of year when the London Wine Fair comes to London’s Olympia. For anyone who has never been, it’s an enormous three day event, boasting 14,000 wines from 40 countries. The vast “trading floor” has many gems among the diaspora … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged 266 Wines, Alpine Wines, Basket Press Wines, Czech Wine, Eclectic Wines, Greek Wine, H2Vin, Indigo Wine, London Wine Fair 2018, Maltby & Greek, Modal Wines, Red Squirrel Wine, Southern Wine Roads, Swiss Wines, The Knotted Vine
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Newcomer at RIBA
Already this year there have been some astoundingly good Tastings on the London circuit, but Newcomer Wines’ “The Old New World” at the Royal Institute of British Architects was right up there with the best. I remember my first visit … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Attila Homonna Tokaj, Austrian Sauvignon Blanc, Blauer Wildbacher, Christian Tschida, Christoph Hoch Kremstal, Christoph Neumeister, Claus Preisinger Gols, Czech Wine, Ewald Tscheppe, Hollenburg Kremstal, In A Hell Mood 2017, Jutta Ambrositsch, Markus Altenburger, Milan Nestarech Moravia, Mythopia, Newcomer Wines at RIBA, Pechsteinkopf, Rennersistas, Rudolf Trossen, Schilcher, Steiermark Wine, Strohmeier, Weingut Odinstal, Weingut Pranzegg Bozen, Werlitsch, Wiener Gemischter Satz
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Raw Wine 2017 – Part 1
In the run up to last weekend there was palpable excitement in the London wine fraternity, and doubtless beyond. Raw Wine was in town. Raw, founded and run by Isabelle Legeron MW, is one of the two big annual “natural … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Canadian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Albert Mathier, Alexander Koppitsch, Burgenland, Gut Oggau, Meinklang, Okanagan Crush Pad, RAW Wine Fair, Rennersistas, Scholium Project, Somlo
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Rolling Back More Swiss Wines
I am lucky to have friends in Geneva who appreciate wine, and whenever I’m there, they ply me all kinds of Swiss wines. Rather than internationally known superstar wines (the finest Swiss wines are only a little less expensive in … Continue reading
Posted in Swiss Wine, Wine
Tagged Bianco di Merlot Ticino, Cave de Genève, Caves Orsat Fendant, Dalai Lama Vineyard, Domaine Châbles Montreux, Domaine des Lolliets, Domaine du Centaure Dardagny, Escalier de la Dame, Humagne Rouge Yves Granges, Martial Neyroud, Petite Arvine Cédric Flaction, Sherpa Rouge, Swiss Gamay, Swiss Wine, Vins des Chevaliers, White Merlot, Zürcher Clevner
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A Lavaux Affair
Let’s face it, if you are the kind of wine lover who reads a wine blog you are probably an inveterate romantic who adores being in the vineyards as much as drinking the wine. Something in that bucolic scenery gets … Continue reading
Posted in Swiss Wine, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Wine, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Antoine Bovard, Chasselas, Domaine d'Aucret, Domaine de la Maison Blanche, J-F Neyroud-Fonjallaz, Lavaux, Lavaux Vinorama, Patrick Fonjallaz, Plant Robert, Rivaz, St-Saphorin, Swiss Vineyards, Swiss Wine, Tasting Swiss Wines, Vaud Wine
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Small is Beautiful
Regular readers will know who I’ve been buying wine from in 2015, my favourite small merchants and wine shops. There is another group of people who maybe don’t get as much press, or coverage in social media, who are doing … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Burgundy, Languedoc-Roussillon, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants
Tagged Alpine Wines, Coche-Dury, Domaine de Cébène, Domaine Montesquiou, Domaine Treloar, Dry River, Hand Picked Burgundy, Heidi Schrock, Leon Stolarski, Rainer Christ, Rhys, Simon Maye & Fils, Specialist Wine Merchants
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Recent Wines (October 2015)
I rarely write about the wines I drink at home, but in light of the last post, and the one on the Oddities lunch, I thought it might interest or amuse some readers. For some people who I know read … Continue reading
Posted in Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alpine Wines, Beaujolais, Blaufränkisch, Coing de St Fiacre, Humagne, Jeff Coutelou, Lavaux, Mas Coutelou, Métras, Muscadet, Roberson, Solent Cellar, Swiss Wine, The Sampler, Vin des Amis, Vintrepid, Weninger
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What, More Switzerland?
Jancis devoted her FT Column this week to Swiss wine. Much of it covered the native Fendant grape variety (aka Chasselas), and it didn’t seem she was too fond-ant (ouch!) of it, despite an otherwise very positive article. Fendant is … Continue reading
Posted in Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Alpine Wines, Amigne du Valais, Cornalin, Daniel Gantenbein, Denis Mercier, Domaine Les Faunes, Domaine Les Hutins, Geneva Wine Region, Graubunden Wine, Humagne Rouge, Jancis on Swiss Wine, Jean-René Germanier, Marie-Thérèse Chappaz, Petite Arvine, Pinot Noir, Simon Maye, Swiss Wine, Switzerland, Valais, Vaud
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