Last year, spring was not ideal for the vineyard. But summer turned out perfect, so the vintage 2015 was of exceptional quality. Which made for lovely work in the cellar afterwards, I enjoyed being there and coaxing the best out of the raw material. There result is promising. At this moment, the jeninser 2015 is […]
On Easter Monday I’m heading off to follow an old dream of mine: I will work for a winery in Mendoza, Argentina, for a month and create my own brand of Malbec. I will be staying and working at the Bodega Familia Zuccardi, a very creative and innovative family winery that researches and experiments with […]
In December I open my cellar: On two evenings and one Saturday I offer my wines with 10% discount, free delivery. You also get a glass of wine and a plate of soup. When? Thursday, 3.12.2015, 4-8 p.m. Friday, 4.12.2015, 4-8 p.m. Saturday, 5.12.2015, 2-6 p.m. Where. In the wine cellar at Solothurnerstrasse 15, 4053 […]
Once the grapes are in the tank, the manual work – or rather, the footwork – begins. Twice a day I step into the fermenting mash and carefully tread the grapes. What floats on top is pushed down. The liquid from the bottom comes back to the top. With my feet I feel where the […]
It was a beautiful Saturday in late September 2015, after a very long, sunny and hot summer. And it is a beautiful harvest: the vines were strong, the grapes ripe and abundant. And thanks to the summer heat, the Suzuki fruitfly lost its ability to reproduce. We were a cheerful lot doing the harvesting, shipping […]
The 2012 jennies not only has a rich palate, but also “a lovely warm finish”, says “Decanter” wine magazine’s international panel of experts. That is worth a silver medal, the “Decanter World Wine Awards Silver Accolade”. A huge honor! Read the panel’s tasting notes.
Even Chandra Kurt takes an interest in my urban winery. And as we well know, she’s an authority in the Swiss world of wine. Read more here.
First, the rain hung much too low in the clouds throughout the summer. Next, East Asian fruit pests launched an air strike, and finally, a drone whizzed by just over our heads! I know, some of you had holes in your stomach, others were unprepared for flying saucers, while yet others repeatedly went on a […]
A lot of manual work and care goes into the vines. The shoots are selected by hand, broken out and looped into the support wires. Plant protection and summer pruning require a lot of precision and endurance. The vine and viticulture are comparable to top-class sport: every move is perfect, every intervention is precisely planned […]
