Vaud is having a turn at the Open Days for its wineries Friday 21 and Saturday 22 May, hot on the heels of the successful similar event in Valais. The list of 300 wineries is daunting, however, so I’ve put together a list of a small number of my favourites, cellars I am happy to […]
Archives for May 2010
Film on Swiss winemaker Chappaz wins int’l awards
A beautiful as well as educational wine film made for Swiss public television has just been named the winner of two international awards: “Les saisons de Marie-Thérèse Chappaz” by Fred Florey, co-produced by Bordu Films and TSR, has been named the Oenovideo film of the year in France. It has also been named the 2010 […]
Geneva police rev up biker safety campaign
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Motorcyclists being stopped by the police are a sight more frequent than usual this week in Geneva, with the city’s police running a safety campaign 17-21 May, called “PréDiRe Motocyclistes”. It is part of the larger BPU (Swiss Safety Council) national preventive campaign to cut the number of bikers’ deaths and […]
Wine picks: Maurice Zufferey, a blanc de noir still wine
A blanc de noir from near Sierre in canton Valais is just right, between seasons It’s too cold out for summer rosés, I’m getting tired of winter reds, and we wanted something besides white last weekend. We opted for a lovely wine, Pradezian, a blanc de noir from Maurice Zufferey in Muraz, above Sierre in […]
CHF109,250 for 6 Hermitage bottles in Geneva
Christie‘s had a good week, as did Sotheby’s, in Geneva, with sales of fine jewels netting the two nearly CHF100 million in sales. The diamond sales makes the price of a fine bottle of wine dim a bit, but nevertheless, the CHF109,250 ($98,951) paid at Christie’s wine auction at the Four Season’s Hotel des Bergues […]