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Chandra Kurt

Chandra Kurt is one of Switzerland’s foremost wine writers and critics, based in Zürich. She has authored more than 20 books on wine, including “Wine Tales” and the annual guide “Weinseller,” while also launching her quarterly print magazine “Weinseller Journal” in 2015. Chandra is also an international wine consultant and a member of the Circle of Wine Writers, the Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne, and the Confrérie du Guillon. Chandra was born in Sri Lanka, to an Italian mother and a Swiss father. She spent her childhood in Asia, where her parents were exploring the life of elephants for the Smithsonian Institution.
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Bare vines slope down to a valley, with snow covered Alps in the mid and foreground with a dramatic cloudscape above
Switzerland

Heida: Pearl of the Alps

ByChandra Kurt April 7, 2021February 27, 2024

Heida is an old variety with a modern freshness planted in the Swiss Valais heights of the Visperterminen.

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