Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > I am sorry but this is my assessment based on my experience so far. My wife > and I are both fairly serious wine drinkers, and we were thrilled to discover > the vineyards when we arrived here last year. But so far all the local whites > I have tried can at best be described as "pleasant but overpriced" and the > reds are hardly worthy of the name wine. I am a bit puzzled by this, since the > conditions appear excellent here on the Gold Coast of Lake Zurich: moderate > rainfall, plenty of sun, nice steep slopes etc. Perhaps the terroir is not > good, or maybe the farmers are not planting the right grapes, but certainly > the wines cannot hold a candle to the magnificent wines from, say, Alsace or > the Mosel valley in Germany. There are now some artisanal producers of low yield - high quality wines, most notably Chasselas. Much like Soave in Italy Chasselas has undergone a remarkable transformation over the last 15 years. I don't think you will find any of them on the shores of the Zurichsee and when you do find them they won't be cheap. Brent Dorsett --- NYC - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html