To invoke a well known mnemonic from the world of spirits—All tequila is mezcal, but not all mezcal is tequila—I propose a Swiss wine counterpart: All Dézaley-Marsens is Dézaley, but not all Dézaley is Dézaley-Marsens. Let me explain. The Dézaley Grand Cru AOC is well known to Swiss wine lovers as the crown jewel of […]
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50 Years of Unfiltered Chasselas
A few things coalesced to make this year’s Célébration du Non-Filtré in canton Neuchâtel a must attend event. First, it was the 50th anniversary of the initial release in 1975. That’s an amazing run for a wine that was once considered a local oddity. Second, six years had passed since I first wrote about the […]
Swiss Natural Wine: Not So Fringe Anymore
My latest brush with the natural wine scene was at the end of August in Zürich at the 4th annual Association Suisse Vin Nature (ASVN) tasting. This year’s venue, Kantine, was bohemian enough to reawaken my love for Beat Poetry and aligned perfectly with the ethos of more than 100 zero-zero wines from all over […]
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