The Morning Claret

Simon J Woolf & Friends on Wild and Wonderful Wines

valais

Albert Mathier & sons - Amphore Assemblage Blanc 2010
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Orange weekly: Albert Mathier et Fils – Amphore Assemblage Blanc 2010

Valais, Switzerland isn’t the first place you’d expect to find a Georgian qvevri, but Amédée Mathier has no less than 20 of them. Since 2008, his estate Albert Mathier et Fils (he’s the extant “Fils”) has been making two amphora, or rather qvevri matured wines, one white and one red. Sorry, I mean one orange and one red!

jean-rene germanier vex vineyard
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How Valais put the charm in Chasselas

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 Read more

Wine out of context wines DWCC 2014
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Wine out of context – tasting blind at DWCC 2014

Many of us have had this experience – while holidaying in a hot sunny paradise, you taste a fantastic wine (let’s say it’s a rosé) and decide to fill up the suitcase. Uncorking the same wine back at home, it’s utterly disappointing – Read more