| Description |
327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction. About Ellen ; About the book -- 2. Here's How It Works! Choose the wine or the hike ; Level of difficulty ; Before setting off ; Interesting facts -- 3. Map & Index. Map -- Hikes -- Wineries & wines -- 4. The Wine Hikes. Geneva. Jussy : Walking the line, literally with Old France ; Description of the route ; Vins de la Gara -- Satigny : Geneva beyond the city - Switzerland's largest vineyard ; Description of the route ; Domaine Grand Clos -- Dardagny : Genève terroir in its glory, where everything grows ; Description of the route ; Domaine de Chafalet -- Vaud. Founex : Gentle farms, 17th c. castles, medieval town ; Description of the route ; Les Frères Dutruy -- Givrins : World War 2 riverside toblerones ; Description of the route ; Cave Philippe Bovet -- Tartegnin : Seven centuries of castles and wine ; Description of the route ; Domaines de Penloup and Es Cordelières -- Féchy : Medieval village and World Chasselas Conservatory ; Description of the route ; Domaine La Colombe -- Saint-Prex : Ingenious 17th century engineering, old grapes, new glass ; Description of the route ; Domaine de Terre-Neuve -- Échichens : Shhhh, riverside Vaud : Fish at play, bees at work ; Description of the route ; Domaine Henri Cruchon-- Valeyres : Ancient abbey nestled in hills and dreamy gorges ; Description of the route ; Château de Valeyres -- Aran-Villette : Emblematic "Three Suns" Lavaux terraced wines ; Description of the route ; Domaine Mermetus -- Cully : Lakeside World Heritage vineyards ramble ; Description of the route ; Domaine Louis Bovard -- Villeneuve : Where the Rhone feeds Lake Geneva, ancient lake navigation ; Description of the route ; Cave des Rois -- Ollon : Geography and history, where Vaud and Valais meet ; Description of the route ; Bernard Cavé Vins -- Valais. Martigny-Combe : Golden triangle, dramatic terraces, Rhone River ; Description of the route ; Domaine Gérald Besse -- Fully : Geography of the Alps galore! ; Description of the route ; Cave La Rodeline-- Saint-Pierre-de-Clages : Tracking Robin Hood aka Farinet ; Description of the route ; Simon Maye et Fils -- Saint-Pierre-de-Clages : Raw beauty from Rhone to rugged peaks, streams ; Description of the route ; Cave Daniel Magliocco & Fils -- Vétroz : The wild side, a deep fold in the Alps ; Description of the route ; Cave de La Madeleine -- Sion : Pure gold, going back millennia ; Description of the route ; Domaine du Mont d'Or -- Flanthey : Glaciers water the vines, safe sand in the soil ; Description of the route ; Cave La Romaine -- Sierre : Highest stone walls to Rhone walk ; Description of the route ; Domaine les Crêtes -- Sierre : Work those uphill muscles! Then stroll Sierre ; Description of the route ; Cave Mercier -- Sierre Muraz : Heights above the vines and saved grapes ; Description of the route ; Cave Maurice Zufferey -- Venthône : High and dry, then cool active bisse ; Description of the route ; Cave Mabillard-Fuchs -- Salgesch : Nature reigns, mountain people bridge their gap ; Description of the route ; Cave du Rhodan -- Leuk : Oh for the love of rye! And precious bones ; Description of the route ; Vin d'Œuvre -- Raron : German poet to cave church ; Description of the route ; Weingut Cipolla -- Visperterminen : Getting some height, Heida top wines, highest vines ; Description of the route ; St. Jodern Kellerei -- Three Lakes. Milvignes : Class, elegance, charm - Lake Neuchatel ; Description of the route ; Cave Chambleau -- Môtier-Vully : Lake Murten's gory ghosts, watchful towers, tranquil landscape ; Description of the route ; Le Petit Château Winery -- Twann : A bracelet of aromas - Lake Biel / Bienne, vertiginous vines, cascades ; Description of the route ; Schott Weine -- West German-Speaking. Muttenz : Up and down, around Basel's bucolic countryside ; Description of the route ; Weingut Jauslin Cellar -- Riehen : Wild urban forest to deep culture ; Description of the route ; Weingut Riehen -- Erlinsbach : "Give it time" (2-Part hike : Part 1) ; Description of the route ; Tom Litwan wines ; Hirschen Landhotel and wine bar -- Küttigen : "Diversity : Mineral, fruit, iron ; Lakes, rivers, plains" (2-Part hike : Part 2) ; Description of the route ; Weinbau Wehrli -- Untersiggenthal : Gentle Limmat ramble to new-Old Roman baths ; Description of the route ; Wein & Gemüse Weingut Umbricht -- East German-Speaking. Eglisau : Elegant Rhine, timber houses, woods for walking ; Description of the route ; Bechtel-Weine -- Meilen : A bow to the Swiss hiking trail system ; Description of the route ; Schwarzenbach Weinbau -- Thal : Where the heartland and a stern stone ridge shake hands ; Description of the route ; Roman Rutishauser Weingut am Steinig Tisch -- Maienfeld : Go deep - Gorges and ancient sulphur hot springs ; Description of the route ; Möhr-Niggli Weingut -- Jenins : The real (fictional) Heidi, Bündner Herrschaft ; Description of the route ; Weingut Eichholz -- Malans : Stroll softly - Early urban history and modern farms ; Description of the route ; Weingut Donatsch -- Malans : Switzerland's "most vertical meters without a stop" ; Description of the route ; Weingut Fromm -- Kastanienbaum : Glassworks to ancient reeds ; Description of the route ; Weinbau Ottiger -- Ticino. Monte Carasso : Wonders of old mountain village life restored, Tibetan Bridge ; Description of the route ; Settemaggio Winery -- Croglio-Castelrotto : All the colours of the South and gentle animals ; Description of the route ; Zündel Azienda Agricola -- Lugano : Sociable walking, nature and vines in love ; Description of the route ; Cantina Kopp von der Crone Visini -- Morcote : Peak to lake's-end castle beauty ; Description of the route ; Tenuta Castello di Morcote -- Capolago : The Italian corner of Ticino via archaeology and architecture ; Description of the route ; Castello di Cantone -- Top 5 -- In Numbers -- Acknowledgements. |
| Summary |
"Wine lovers, these 50 hikes are for you! From dramatic vineyards in the Alps to stunning lakeside wineries, this guide will help you discover the extraordinary and diverse landscape of Swiss wine. The 50 hikes follow routes chosen for their beauty through Switzerland's leading wine regions. Every single one of them ends with a visit to an excellent Swiss winemaker. Wine writer Ellen Wallace has crisscrossed the country by trail and track, and her routes will permit hikers of all levels to discover her favorite wines. A presentation of 50 carefully selected wineries and wines ; a wide variety of grape varieties and price ranges ; beautiful itineraries with information for visitors ; downloadable GPX files for each route."--taken from back cover. |
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"At just the right moment Helvetiq asked me to create a series of Swiss hikes which would give people of all ages a nice day out that would end with a good, hand-crafted glass of wine for the adults. One hike, one wine, one winery. I could interest people who like wine in going to new places and learning new things. Wine is an essential thread in the Swiss cultural fabric, just as hiking is. Slowly, one foot forward and one wine tasted at a time, readers would increase their knowledge about Swiss wine and thus their pleasure in it. The selection for each hike began with the wine and winery so that the book could present wines from several grape varieties, in several styles, from all of the Swiss wine regions. There are six official Swiss wine regions but since one is German-speaking Switzerland, which covers far more territory than the others, I've created sub-sections of East and West based on an arbitrary "center" line but also geographic similarities that affect their wines. Some wineries are large, some just one person, but all are artisanal, focused on making terroir wines. The highest vines in the country are at about 1,110 metres above sea level, in Visperterminen in Valais -- and these are exceptional. Elsewhere, vines rarely grow above 900 metres a.s.l. Once the wine and winery were selected, I began to create the hikes, always starting and ending with public transport and using hiking tails that are part of the well-maintained Swiss trails system for as much of the route as possible. Most are cross-country, some are along the edges of rivers or lakes. A handful take hikers through cities for part of the trail."--adapted from About the Book, page 9. |
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Wine and wine making -- Switzerland -- Guidebooks.
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Hiking -- Switzerland -- Guidebooks.
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Trails -- Switzerland.
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Wine districts -- Switzerland.
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Wineries -- Switzerland.
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Vineyards -- Switzerland.
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Grapes -- Varieties -- Switzerland.
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Vintners -- Switzerland.
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Wine tasting -- Switzerland.
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Wine tourism -- Switzerland.
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Switzerland -- Description and travel.
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Wineries (OCoLC)fst01175997
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Wine tourism (OCoLC)fst01739997
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Wine tasting (OCoLC)fst01175993
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Wine districts (OCoLC)fst01175955
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Wine and wine making (OCoLC)fst01175907
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Vintners (OCoLC)fst01167087
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Vineyards (OCoLC)fst01167068
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Travel (OCoLC)fst01155558
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Trails (OCoLC)fst01154418
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Hiking (OCoLC)fst00956758
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Grapes -- Varieties
(OCoLC)fst00946574
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Switzerland. (OCoLC)fst01205401
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks (OCoLC)fst01423871
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Guidebooks.
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| ISBN |
9783907293867 (paperback) |
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390729386X (paperback) |
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