It’s safe to say the 700 Years of Completer celebration in October was the first birthday party for a 700-something I’ve ever attended. Not so for the event organizer, Dr. José Vouillamoz, who’s an old hand at this kind of thing — yes, the 700 Years of Rèze and Humagne Blanche party in 2013 was […]
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Four From La Cinquième Glorieuse: Martigny 2017
This annual event grew out of frustration and two canny wine lovers’ need for organization. Old friends and fellow amateurs, Nicolas Reuse and Christophe Roch, grew frustrated with the time they spent wandering the vineyards of Valais just to keep up with old contacts and new releases. Things became untenable—there were simply too many important visits […]
Mondial du Chasselas: Les Palmarès 2016
Chasselas is about balance: Terroir, but not too much; Fruit, but not too much; Round and full, but not too much; Acidic, but not too much.—Stéphanie Delarze in Chasselas Forever The History While most of the world is content to eat chasselas out of hand the Swiss are hard at work transforming its golden-hued berries […]
Lausanne À Table! — In Which I Become a Food Critic
In the immortal words of Rear Admiral Grace Hopper: “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.” And so it was for my hosts, David Donneaud and chef Rafael Rodriguez, who braved municipal retribution and public scorn (no small thing in Switzerland) by setting aflame an otherwise innocent Weber grill in the […]
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