Tag: Savagnin

• Jura Wine Book and Tasting in Geneva

  A few photos from a successful evening at the Jura Wine Book and Tasting in Geneva on Thursday.

  Wink Lorch

  April 26, 2014

  Book, Wine, Wine Blog

  Arbois, Chateau Chalon, Crémant du Jura, Domaine Berthet-Bondet, Domaine de la Touraize, Fruitière Vinicole d’Arbois, Geneva, Jura Wine, Jura Wine Book, Le Comptoir, Ploussard, Savagnin, Trousseau, Wiine me, Wink Lorch

• Picking grapes in the Jura

  Last year Wink and I spent a couple of days during the vendange in the Jura. Our first visit was to Domaine de la Tournelle. Although I did pick a few bunches I concentrated on taking photos, whereas Wink learnt how to prepare the red Trousseau grapes using a crible – a large wooden sieve. Here are my…

  Wink Lorch

  November 13, 2013

  Wine, Wine Blog

  Crible, Domaine de la Tournelle, Jura, Savagnin, Trousseau

• Bresaola di Tonno

  Prior to our tour of the wine region of Mount Etna we stayed in Noto, Sicily, and one day we drove down to the coast to visit the most southerly part of this island that straddles the Mediterranean between Europe and Africa. We noticed a couple of huge buildings on the coast that had been…

  Wink Lorch

  October 29, 2012

  Food, Living Blog, Travel

  Bottarga di Tonno, Bresaola di Tonno, Jean Bourdy, Marzameni, Savagnin, Sicily, Taverna la Cialome, Tonnare, Tuna

• A snappy wine for a fish dish

  The Jura is a fascinating wine region in eastern France, home to particular and unique styles of wine, especially Vin Jaune, an amazing wine which you have to learn to love. Situated 80 kms east of Burgundy, it is France’s smallest wine region with only 1,600 hectares of vineyards with a number of small wine…

  Wink Lorch

  January 5, 2011

  Travel, Wine, Wine Blog

  Domaine Pignier, Jura, Montaigu, Sauvageon, Savagnin, Vin de Paille, Vin Jaune, Wine Travel Guides