Thursday 19 April, note about ZIWA Winelovers event

On Thursday 24 May at 18.00, the ZIWA Wine Lovers group is hosting a tasting event for members. It features South African wines chosen by Zurich vintners Viniversum.

You can read a short summary of some of their wines exhibited at Expovina Primavera 2018 at the link right.

Monday 9 April 2018, Open Wine Cellars announced

This morning in the post we received an invitation and details about the Open Wine Cellars. These traditionally take place at the start of May, and this year there will be three dates: 1, 5 and 6 May.

May 2012 Open Wines

See this link for more information: Open Wine Cellars 2018. These events take place in the German wine regions of Switzerland. In the past we have attended many of the openings in the Zurich area and in particular around the Zurichsee. The vineyards taking part are all listed on the website. They often provide entertainment too.




Check out public transport possibilities to make the most of one or more tastings!

Sunday 1 April, Easter Sunday thoughts

In answer to my email to the Wine Lovers group about my wine blog, I had a nice reply from Barbara Strobel. She recommended some Swiss events to look out for:

'After an easy hike in our area yesterday I discovered WORRENBERG vineyards www.worrenberg.net; they have a Traubenblütenfest with wine tastings in their vineyard - 30th June and 1st July.' So have a look at their link. You can get a bus from Andelfingen to Volken.

Barbara added:

'However, enticing -for me- are the following: www.routegourmande.ch  on Saturday 8th September - I have done something similar before which involves walking between tasting and imbibing stops—I will go this year hopefully...' This year's walk is in the wine region of Montreux-Vevey.

... 'and in the Tessin for another cultural gem is the PaneVino wine festival in Intragna on September 9th!'

Thank you Barbara. You've always given me good tips.