The newly opened Ristorante Convivio offers a solid italian kitchen and a personal and individual service. We missed the daily specials and the wine menu was not much more than improvised.

Food: 20
Decor: 19
Service: 20
Price: moderat to upscale.

We were a little astonished to find this talked about Newbie half empty when we visited it on a Thursday evening. The starters were fresh, basic and prepared with love: Antipasti Misti, Tuna Carpaccio (lots of onins on top) and Affettati Misti of artisanal quality and nicely decorated. We did not have the big stomach, so one of the house specialties Tagliolini Mafia with pomodori and peperoncini were just right.
Rather disappointing and totally not up to the concept was the provisional wine list. Why not offer a really great white (e.g. Cervaro della Sala or red Millepassi) for 15 Swiss Francs, instead of the ever so boring Peppoli and Shymer?
The decor is traditional with little highlights, the food solid and the service friendly. This first visit was not the freshest happening this year, maybe things need to become a little more routine. Nevertheless, we think it's another good reason to go for another Italian in the popular Kreis 4.

For the 7th consecutive year, Romazini fine wine publishes the 10 most exciting wines of the year. These are all wines that stand out from the crowd of highly rated wines at an excellent price point due to their unique style and a clear committment to their heritage, the terroir.

#1
Las Hermanas Joven, Finca Luzon, Jumilla Spanien
The Las Hermanas wines from Finca Luzon showcase a modern yet typical Jumilla style. The major grape of this upcoming region is spicy monastrell. The label design follows an urban international lifestyle with cult potential. The wines are approachable, full of character and have an excellent price quality ratio. WS 87, Parker 87, ST 89

#2
Marques de Casa Concha Merlot, Maipo Valley, Chile
Concha y Toro vinifies a world class Merlot in the Maipo Valley. This wine competes easily with wines that cost twice or three times as much. Power, spicyness and fruit unite impressively. WS 90, Parker 90

#3
Di Majo Norante Sangiovese, Molise, Italien
The rising Molise region is nicely represented by the Di Majo Norante winery that mainly plants the Sangiovese grape. The wines are honest, spicy and have a good balance of fruit and alcohol. Parker 90

#4 Château Saint-Roch Chimères, Languedoc-Roussillon, Frankreich
#5 Ercavio Tempranillo Roble, La Mancha, Spanien
#6 Prosecco Il Colle Treviso (IGT), Veneto, Italien
#7 Marques de Casa Concha Chardonnay, Maipo Valley, Chile
#8 Weinstamm Nr. 0 Riesling x Sylvaner, Schaffhausen, Schweiz
#9 Dr. Loosen Riesling trocken, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Deutschland
#10 Firriato Santagostino, Sizilien, Italien

Producing wine in the heart of New York is the ambitious goal of the latest wine concept City Winery in the big apple. As with the forerunner CrushPad in San Francisco, City Winery offers wine entertainment on a brad scale. From the grape, delivered from California, Oregon or even Argentina, to the fermentation in french barriques, everything a hobby winemaker dreams of. A vast winelist in the restaurant with stage and live acts around wine shows, even rock shows. The launch was accompanied by a discussion held by Alvaro Palacios and Suzanne Vega ,moderate by the owner Michael Dorf, around the marriage between wine and music.

Can you hardly wait to open the next days window of your advent calender? For all grown up children, we have a very special offer available for 24h every day until christmas.

1. Dezember: Atteca 2007
2. Dezember: Barbera d'Asti Sichivej 2001
3. Dezember: Conti Brandolini Merlot 2004
4. Dezember: Ercavio Tempranillo Roble 2006, 13.50 statt 16.50
5. Dezember: Di Majo Aglianico Contado 2005, 12.90 statt 15.80
6. Dezember: Dornier Merlot 2004
7. Dezember: Fabelhaft Douro 2006
8. Dezember: Fertuna Lodai IGT Maremma 2005
9. Dezember: Dehesa Gago DO Toro 2007
10. Dezember: Marques Casa Concha Chardonnay 2007
11. Dezember: La Brancaia TRE 2006
12. Dezember: Gazur Tinto Joven 2006
13. Dezember: Miolo Lote 43 Cabernet Sauvignon 2004
14. Dezember: Fertuna Plato Rosso IGT Maremma 2005
15. Dezember: Plozza Passione Barrique 2002
16. Dezember: Champagne Bollinger Spécial Cuvée Brut
17. Dezember: Hess California Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
18. Dezember: Marques Casa Concha Syrah 2006
19. Dezember: Miolo Brut Millésimé 2005
20. Dezember: Pago de Los Capellanes Joven 2006
21. Dezember: Tenuta San Guido Guidalberto 2006
22. Dezember: Lagone Rosso di Toscana 2005
23. Dezember: Terrunyo Cabernet Sauvignon 2004
24. Dezember: Di Majo Don Luigi Riserva 2005
25. Dezember: Clos de los Siete Mendoza 2006

Special price available only at the specific calender day. As long as we're not out of stock. Shipping time 2-3 days, may vary during the holiday season.

Our traditional Wine and Design Event on Nov 5 in Zurich shows 4 spectacular Wineries from 2 continents. The old world is represented by two new projects in Italy and Spain, from the new world, we show a chilean superstar and a discovery from Brasil.

Fertuna, Maremma, Italy:
- Fertuna Plato Bianco
- Fertuna Plato Rosso
- Fertuna Lodai
- Fertuna Messio

Marques de Griñon, La Mancha, Spain:
- Summa Varietalis
- Marques de Griñon Syrah Estate

Concha y Toro, Maipo Valley, Chile:
- Marques de Casa Concha Chardonnay
- Marques de Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon
- Marques de Casa Concha Merlot
- Marques de Casa Concha Syrah
- Terrunyo Carménère

Bodegas Miolo, Vale dos Vinhedos, Brasil:
- Miolo Brut Millésimé
- Miolo Quinta do Seival
- Miolo Lote 43 Cabernet Merlot

We offer special discounts on orders a the evening of the event.

Romazini offers a comprehensive gift-service for private and corporate clients.

It's so easy:
1. Choose suitable gift from the gift sets and go to the checkout.
2. Choose your preferred greeting card and enter the greeting text.
3. Add the delivery address and send the order.

Romazini takes care of the rest:
We wrap the wines in an elegant gift box, add a detailed fact sheet for every wine and make sure that your gift will be delivered to the right person at the right time, very simple!

Ever wanted to make a real exclusive wine gift? We have the right ting for you!

Château d'Yquem has put together some of the rarest and best ever Sauternes of the last seven decades. Among those rare bottles are ultimate finds like the vintage of the century 1967 with 100 points from Winespectator and 1979 with 99 points from Parker.

The collection is stored in an elegant hand made wood case containing the following 18 vintages:

1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942
1944, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954
1955, 1967, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982

The collection is most limited and the price on request. Contact us.

The emotional autumn season invites for cozy wine evenings. We have selected 10 wines that fit perfectly to the wet and cold season.
Two medium body whites and 8 medium to full body and spicy reds that go well even with hefty game dishes.

Our recommendation and special offer until the end of october:

1. Onix Classic Priorat, CHF 16.90 (18.90 normal price).
2. Planeta Cerasuolo di Vittoria, CHF 15.90 (17.90)
3. Glen Carlou Chardonnay, CHF 17.90 (19.50)
4. La Brancaia TRE, CHF 17.90 (19.80)
5. Cueva Negra Monastrell Syrah, CHF 16.90 (18.50)
6. Naia Verdejo Rueda, CHF 16.90 (19.50)
7. Kaiken Malbec, CHF 12.90 (13.90)
8. Marques Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon, CHF 14.90 (16.90)
9. Brunello di Montalcino Ciacci Piccolomini, CHF 45.00 (49.00)
10. Korem Isola dei Nuraghi, CHF 35.00 (38.00).

The 'new wave' in Sicilian wine-making arrived at the beginning of the 1990's. It was Planeta's Chardonnay that cleared the way for a new category of white wines. By no means were they just little cold drinks but they were important, structured, Mediterranean, and not necessarily straightforward. Carlo Corino was the wine-maker responsible for that first bottle, the result of Diego Planeta's inspiration, the chairman of Settesoli.

The vertical Tasting - Planeta Chardonnay

Since 1994, the first year it was produced, until the most recent, the '05, all the Chardonnay vintages, except the '97, have added to its history in the new wave of Sicilian wine. In some ways the tasting was a surprise, it showed us, even the sceptics, that this wine, with all its Mediterranean character, also has the power to resist time.

2005, 89 points
The year: A winter and spring of plentiful rain allowed the vines to accumulate good water reserves. The summer months of July, August and September had particularly cool temperatures which permitted the grapes to ripen perfectly in ideally healthy conditions.

The wine: Golden colour, very luminous, opening with intense and developing perfumes of tropical fruit, peach and orange flower, plus pleasant hints of balsam and Mediterranean macchia. The use of wood is sensed in the background. It is intense and full in the mouth, definitely alcoholic, well concentrated, sustained and well finished by its acidity, also responsible for the fine clean, fresh and sappy finish.

2004, 88 points
The year: Both winter and spring with plenty of rain and low temperatures prepared the vines splendidly. The summer was mild and sometimes even cool, enough to postpone the harvest for 15 days.

The wine: A golden colour with greenish lights. An intensely fruity nose in which yellow fruit and peach are enriched by suggestions of vanilla cream, heightening the use of wood, as well as almond and honey. Very full and rich, relying on a good basic acidity supporting the wine without too much effort. Taut and juicy, almost savoury, the enveloping finish loses no intensity.

2003, 91 points
The year: A normal winter and spring followed by a hot summer with, however, intermittently frequent and plentiful rainfall, particularly during the harvest.

The wine: Very intense colour. The wine opens with a complex bouquet, the fruit component particularly of melon and white peach, with pleasant fresh hints of herbs, especially rosemary. The taste of roasting, of honey and hazelnut are delicately introduced. In the mouth the fruit is good and clean, as is the tension which provides a somewhat spiky sensation. Very lively and energetic, it evokes iodised echoes of the sea. Enthralling and definitely in great form.

2002, 87 points
The year: A winter and spring with almost no rain followed by a summer with none, different from the rest of Italy. As a consequence production was low, distinguished by notable concentrations.

The wine: A vintage when the use of wood was as apparent to the nose as the mouth. To the intense fruit which generally characterises this wine are added hints of balsam, resin and citrus. An initial sensation of concentration in the mouth is followed by the impression that the wine loses some consistency at the finish because of a divided acidity probably due to the sustaining alcohol. At the finish the wood clearly returns, together with a general sense of evolution.

2001, 88 points
The year: A definitely cool summer, which produced very fruity full wines.

The wine: Definite, intense colour, with a nose providing tones of tropical fruit and vanilla, sweetish in some way and even smoked. In the mouth a feeling of reduction follows the initial fullness, when alcohol seems to play a predominant role. The sensation of fatigue in the centre of the mouth is also due to the strong presence of alcohol. It is restored at the finish, where its sappiness restores the balance.

2000, 90 points
The year: Considered the perfect year, with an average climate, well balanced, and finishing with a hot bright July and August.

The wine: Luminous and bright gold in colour, the wine provides a nose defined above all by mineral notes as well as the expected fruit, though crunchy rather than tropical fruit. There are obvious hints of flint, iodine, lemon, green apple and dried flowers, even some mint and sage. The wood is suggested solely through a suggestion of smokiness. The mouth reflects the nose with its austerity, not forgetting its Mediterranean origin; thus richness and roundness but also sappiness and length. A long developing finish - Sicily and personality.

1999, 87 points
The year: Both winter and spring were notable for their scarce rainfall, while the summer, and particularly August, had high temperatures.

The wine: Factors relating to heat, displayed both in nose and mouth, recall its first year of existence. The intense golden colour prepares one for the full nose, with distinctly sweet soft tones. Particularly dried apricot, barley caramel, vanilla sugar, marzipan and hazelnut. Also some balsamic notes, from mint to rosemary, and of Mediterranean macchia. The mouth follows on; full and soft, also due to a perceptible sugary residue, a lack of acidity resulting in reduced vigour, above all in the finish.

1998, 88 points
The year: A hot year, the first of a cycle which will distinguish the coming years precisely for this, some more and some less so. Winter and spring with higher temperatures than usual, little rainfall, a hot summer.

The wine: A very concentrated gold, almost amber, the wine offers an intense nose of ripe tropical fruit, with banana, pineapple, papaya. Notes of mint and vanilla are also evident, and with time also a certain tertiary layer recalling white chocolate, truffle and leather. The mouth is definitely rich and rounded, decidedly alcoholic, lightly tannic, with an acid component which reduces a little at the finish, leaving a sensation of light dilution.

1996, 91 points
The year: Cold, hot, cool. This was the year of 2006, with a cold and rainy winter and spring followed by early summer heat, then lower temperatures, and a comparatively cool August.

The wine: The first '1,000th' to be awarded a 'Tre Bicchieri', and the charge it carried then, without any question it still carries now. In the face of all those, and I put myself among them, who thought with so much presumption and pomposity that such a wine would not have kept up for so long. Instead we have to eat our words. A golden colour, as it should be, and an incredibly complex, intense and layered nose. Initially reduced and closed it soon offers delicate fresh fruit, nothing to do with exaggerated tropical maturity. Quince, pear, plum. Then orange blossom and unexpected vegetable hints. A balanced mouth, with a good dose of acidity corresponding to the fullness of the fruit. A dry, taut and dynamic finish.

1995, 89 points
The year: A particularly cool year without excessive peaks of temperature, even during the summer.

The wine: A golden and luminous colour with a complex nose where the fruit takes on second place with regard to smoky iodised notes, with hints of spice and vanilla. A dynamic and vigorous mouth, due to an acidity which shows no sign of lessening. A severe finish, with light dilution, with an aftertaste passing from citrus to roasting.

1994, 90 points
The year: The summer of this year is remembered as being one of the hottest of recent years in Sicily.

The wine: Fruit is not so much in evidence, or only the sort of fruit preserved in spirits. Rather barley caramel, spices, Mediterranean macchia, fur, leather, toasted hazelnuts. In the mouth the acidity is the distinguishing feature, giving length and elegance. A slight suggestion of wood emerges in the finish.

Inside Switzerland meets a Zurich-based company that is looking to banish the elitist image of viniculture. "The wine market in Switzerland was shaped by tradition, but now the internet makes buying wine faster and more specific."