Kath, Max and I went to the 65th Zürich wine expo in November. It's held every year on the lake of Zürich on several ships (eight, I think, but don't hold me to it). Along the way, we learned about two wine events: <ul> <a href="https://www.fetedesvignerons.ch">Fête des Vignerons</a> in Vevey from 18. July to 11 August in 2019. <a href="https://www.celliers.ch">Le premier Oenoparc au coeur du Valais</a> (open year-round) </ul> <h>Wines we tried (and liked)</h> Obviously, we're moderate noobs and we tried a ton of wines and we failed to cleanse our palettes and sometimes we liked wines because the people were nice...but I kept careful notes despite my growing tipsiness and I figured it couldn't hurt to write them down. Why not? The store is full of wines I don't know---maybe I'll remember one of these names the next time I see a wine list. The order is from the catalog, not the order in which we tried them. <dl> <a href="http://domainebovard.com/en/home.php">Domaine Louis Bovard</a> <ul> 2017 "Médinette" Dézaley Grand Gru Baronnie (Blanc) 2017 "Cuvée Noé" Aigle weiss 2016 "Cuvée Noé" Aigle rot </ul> <a href="https://www.divinosa.ch/">Divino SA (Winterthur)</a> <ul> 2011 Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG - Fidora (organic, nice animal label) </ul> <a href="http://www.chevaliers.ch/">Domaines Chevaliers SA</a> <ul> 2016 Dôle des Chevailiers 2016 Grand Cru Pinot Noir de Salquenen 2016 Sherpa Rouge (Humagne Rouge, Pinot Noir) </ul> <a href="https://dubois.ch/">Dubois Vignerons Épesses</a> <ul> 2016 Sauvignons Blanc Vouvry 2014 Cuvée Vouvry 2016 Noir de Noirs Vouvry *Barrique* </ul> <a href="http://gvs-weine.ch/weine.html">GVS Weinkellerei</a> <ul> 2016 Gächlingen Goldsiegel Pinot Noir Spätlese 2016 Eisenhalde Goldsiegel Pinot Noir Spätlese 2016 Goldlese 50 Jahre Jubiläums Spätlese 2016 Alte Reben Eisenhalde Pinot Noir </ul> <a href="https://www.nauer-weine.ch/de/">Nauer Weine</a> <ul> 2016 Il Rubino Merlot Ticino DOC 2017 Vigoroso (Zweigelt, Merlot, Malbec) (cuvée, really nice) 2012 Nauer Prestige Pinto Noir Barrique (oaky, but not in a bad way) </ul> <a href="https://www.nauer-weine.ch/de/">Nauer Weine</a> <ul> 2016 Il Rubino Merlot Ticino DOC 2017 Vigoroso (Zweigelt, Merlot, Malbec) (cuvée, really nice) 2012 Nauer Prestige Pinto Noir Barrique (oaky, but not in a bad way) </ul> <a href="https://www.celliers.ch/page/13-histoire">Philippe Varone Vins</a> <ul> 2017 Heida Sensorielle AOC 2017 Petite Arvine Sensorielle AOC 2017 Humagne Rouge Sensorielle AOC </ul> <a href="https://www.zweifel1898.ch">Zweifel 1898</a> <ul> 2016 Merlot, Terre Alte Rosso, DOC Ticino, Gialdi 2015 Merlot, DOC Ticino, Cormano 2017 Blaufränkisch, Burgenland, G + R Triebaumer (very good) 2015 Antho Cyane, API Fitou, Mas des Caprices (last one we tried) 2016 Soloterra Sangiovese (Amphore), Toscana IGT, Mulini di Segalari 2016 Bhilar Tinto, Rioja DOCa, Bodegas Bhilar (second-to-last one we tried) 2014 Pyros Shiraz, San Juan, Bodegas Callia </ul> </dl>