Wine fraud in Valais

[Bowlie]

Groan.

[greenmount]

@Bowlie

Last Saturday we, and a bunch of friends, did the Ballade Gourmand in Mount sur Rolle, on La Côte. Basically a very nice meal in six parts walking 5 km through the vinyards. At each stop a ‘course’ starting with a gazpacho amuse buche, followed by fish, meat, cheese, dessert and coffee.

At each stop a chance to sample two of that vintners best wines. Some OK, some quite good and a couple that were excellent. At the end an opportunity to buy, or not.

There are some very good Swiss wines although expensive.

Back to the topic…thank you for this post. It is a great suggestion for next year, why dream of a Napa Valley tour when we have so many things to do, here.

Let’s not let one fraud scandal spoil it for all Swiss wine producers!! Yes, dishonest players exist. But I’m personally willing to enjoy what the good ones have to offer.

[Axa]

@greenmount

Back to the topic…thank you for this post. It is a great suggestion for next year, why dream of a Napa Valley tour when we have so many things to do, here.

Let’s not let one fraud scandal spoil it for all Swiss wine producers!! Yes, dishonest players exist. But I’m personally willing to enjoy what the good ones have to offer.

Drinkable wines from there are even more expensive than enjoyable Swiss wines

Indeed, the open cellar days / caves ouvertes / cantine aperte / offene weinkeller are a great way to travel to very nice places around Switzerland.

[greenmount]

@Axa

Drinkable wines from there are even more expensive than enjoyable Swiss wines

Probably. It would be for the experience as far as I’m concerned… I’m definitely not a wine “connoisseur”…I can make the difference between a good wine and an inferior one, and can guess the grape varieties and origins (that is a very hazardous guess), but that’s all.
We’ve visited some vineyards in Italy and France and the wines you could buy directly from the producers weren’t that cheap either. But wines were superior to what you can get from a general store.

Didn’t visit any winery in Spain (yet), or Portugal, for that matter; and less inclined to do so if they continue with “tourists go home” mantra.