Wine has long been valued for its medicinal benefits - it figures in almost all the remedies recorded by Hippocrates, from a general antiseptic to cooling fevers. The grape has been part of the triumvirate of good throughout the middle ages, and the triumvirate are those benevolent institutions: the church, hospitals, and vineyards.
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Published 03 July 2008 in Swiss Wine - History
Oeil-de-Perdix is the flagship wine of Neuchâtel. It is a delicate rose wine made from the Pinot noir grape and it is a Neuchâtel speciality - and has been for centuries. Unfortunately the Canton failed to protect it, and as a result you may see the name “Oeil-de-Perdix” on any rose wine from around the world.
Published 03 July 2008 in Swiss Wine Regions - Neuchâtel
Welcome to Ticino, Switzerland’s sunny, Italian-speaking home of Merlot. Although the climate in Ticino ultimately proved to be ideal for Merlot, it wasn’t until 1906 that this venerable grape found its way there from Bordeaux.
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Published 16 June 2008 in Swiss Wine Regions - Ticino
Subdivided into three areas: “La Béroche”, from Vaumarcus to Bevaux, “The Coast”, from Cortaillod to Neuchâtel, and “Entre-deux-Lacs”, which lies between lake Bienne and lake Neuchâtel, the Neuchâtel wine region may not be the largest, but it has a long and distinguished history.
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Published 16 June 2008 in Swiss Wine Regions - Neuchâtel
Vaud, Switzerland's second most important wine canton, is where Chasselas, the French outcast grape, seems to have found ideal conditions; chalky limestone soils, underlying alkaline earth, and a nurturing climate. It is in Vaud that the finest Chasselas based wines are found, including the prestigious Dézaley.
Published 16 June 2008 in Swiss Wine Regions - Vaud
