Alexandre Truffer, a young and excellent Swiss wine writer, is coming out with a book on the best wines from French-speaking Switzerland that will be available in bookstores 22 March – I’ll be carrying a review of Vins de suisse romande here next week, as I’m keen to see which are his favourites, but more importantly, to have his guidance in tasting them. I’ve been on courses he has given on wine and chocolate and sat alongside him at tasting sessions, and his advice is worth listening to. The book covers 65 winemakers selected by Truffer, with some 300 wines in total. The advance online look I have had is promising.

Truffer is the author of the wine web site Roman du vin (see our link on this blog).

The book is published by Creative Publishing, a small local company which is starting, at the same time (and this is not an accident), a new wine club, Cellier Romand, dedicated to the best in wines from Swiss French-speaking areas. It goes live online at the end of this week. I’ll share my thoughts with you once it opens, but the first peek looks good, with three bottles of wine a month for CHF65, their selection of the best, accompanied by descriptive and background information.

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