How Valais put the charm in Chasselas
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It took a while before I "got" Chasselas - it was a short trip to Valais this October that sealed the deal...
I wrote about the experience for US online wine magazine Palate Press:
When Michel Chapoutier mentioned in 2011 that he was considering planting a Chasselas vineyard in the UK, some may have thought this was the ultimate insult to “le vin Anglais”…
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