Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling and Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 Wine Seminar Federico Cremasco revived vermouth-making tradition

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

A worthy Champagne alternative

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

while the oldest dates back to 1998

Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling and Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 Wine Seminar Federico Cremasco revived vermouth-making traditionRiesling 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