Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling and Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 Wine Seminar and the Vale da Teja

and the Vale da Teja vineyards separated from the Escola by a prominent ridge

If you've ever spotted an Ott bottle across a restaurant

then ages the wine in large neutral barrels for around twelve months

Federico Cremasco revived vermouth-making tradition in Friuli using a 1946 recipe he discovered in a late-1800s recipe book

The nose is soft and alluring

Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling and Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 Wine Seminar and the Vale da TejaRiesling x Sylvaner is the Swiss name for Muller Thurgau, a grape with a deservedly grim reputation earned during its long career as Germany's bulk workhorse. Then you drink one from old vines farmed biodynamically at 800 plus meters on a granite ledge in the Valais, and the reputation starts to look unfair. Domaine de Beudon sits above Fully on a mountainside so steep that the only ways up are a private cable car or a three hour hike along a rope