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#HappyBirthdaySAWine

Raise a glass and toast to 364 years of Award-Winning South African Wine South Africa is the only country in the world that can accurately pinpoint the exact date of origin of its wine industry, due to a diary entry from 2 February 1659. Join us in celebrating South...

Women in wine

Women in wine

You will find many women in wine in Rheinhessen. All of them are talented and special in their own way. May we introduce you to three of them?

THE WOMEN OF MENDOZA STRENGTHEN ITS WINE INDUSTRY

THE WOMEN OF MENDOZA STRENGTHEN ITS WINE INDUSTRY

The World Economic Forum has been measuring the gender gap since 2006 through the Global Gender Gap Index. It benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). In 2022 this study included 146 countries. According to the results, there would still be some 132 years to close the gender gap worldwide at the current pace of implementation of measures and actions.

Portrait of Catherine Cruchon, passionate winegrower

Portrait of Catherine Cruchon, passionate winegrower

“Domaine Henri Cruchon” is one of the most renowned wine estates in Morges. Today, the family grows twenty different grape varieties on over one hundred parcels of land, each with its own terroir, microclimate and personality. More than half the grapes are organic, meaning they are grown in harmony with nature and are free from chemicals.

CHÂTEAU LE GRAND VERDUS

CHÂTEAU LE GRAND VERDUS

2023 Best Of Wine Tourism winner in the category “Architecture & Landscapes”.
Château Le Grand Verdus is a large vineyard, covering 120 hectares of vines in the heart of the rolling hills of the Entre Deux Mers.

The Mondial du Chasselas (Switzerland)

The Mondial du Chasselas (Switzerland)

In 2010, the Association for the Promotion of Chasselas, based in Aigle, was created to promote, defend, and enhance this elegant grape variety in Switzerland and in the world, which expresses like no other the terroir on which it grows. Since 2012 the association has been organizing an international tasting competition: the “Mondial du Chasselas” (called Fendant in Valais and Gutedel in Germany).