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Tag Archives: Lavaux
Wir Trinken…Chasselas
Does it seem odd that I’m writing about a French grape variety and using a title written in German? Okay, you’ll accept that the Swiss love Chasselas. It’s their most widely planted grape variety and comprises around 60% of white … Continue reading
Posted in German Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine
Tagged Aigle, Chasselas, Crépy, Dominique Lucas, Fendant, Gutedel, Hanspeter Ziereisen, Henri Badoux, Lavaux, Lavaux Vinorama, Les Vignes de Paradis, Marie-Thérèse Chappaz Fendant, Marin, Markgräflerland Gutedel, Vaud Wine, Ziereisen, Ziereisen 10 Hoch 4
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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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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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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 