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Archives for September 2011

58-varieties wine with New Zealand grapes at Féchy Fête du raisin

09/09/2011 by Ellen Wallace

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Féchy’s famed Vigne du Monde wine will soon have a startling 58 grape varieties in it, thanks to vines planted by New Zealand (link in French) this weekend in the Vigne du Monde, or world vineyard, planted in front of the village church. Lucky visitors to the Fete du raisin will have […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Féchy, Fete du raisin, Vigne du Monde, Wine festival

Chinese get Switzerland travel 101 on TV, Internet (final/correction)

07/09/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland in Chinese: even without Mandarin you can follow these unusual TV travel documentaries on the Switzerland you thought you knew! Occasional travel feature contributor to GenevaLunch, Liam Bates, who spends much of his time as the host of a popular Chinese TV travel show that usually tours hidden corners of China, […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: 1 August, August First, cheesemaking, Chinese travelers, Chinese TV, cows, Crans-Montana, garden, Gemmi festival, Leukebad, Loeche-les-bains, mountains, national holiday, Swiss Alps, Switzerland

The wines from the Vinea Swiss and int’l wines tasting session

06/09/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Here is the list of the 16 wines we tasted blind at the beautiful Chateau Mercier Sunday 4 September. “We” was a group of 18 journalists invited to attend Vinea to learn more about Swiss wines. Most but not all of the group are experienced wine writers. One-third of the group is […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Chardonnay, international grape varieties, Merlot, Suvignon Blanc, Syrah, tasting session, Vinea, wine-tasting

Tomatoes for glorious skin and red wine to keep diabetes away from the kids

05/09/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It is a heartening week in the research news corner, as seen from Canada. Researchers in Lausanne have measured the long-term metabolism in humans of lycopene, found in tomatoes, and coupled with recent research from the UK we now know it can do wonders for the skin. Another group in Canada are […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: children, diabetes, Lycopene, ofspring, rats, red wine, research, Resveratrol, skin, tomatoes

Vinea offers a great chance to learn about Swiss wines

02/09/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Vinea opens its doors Friday night 2 September, giving the public a great opportunity to sample 1,500 wines from 150 Swiss wine producers as well as those of the guest of honour, Sicily. This is not only a fun event, with white tents lining the main street of Sierre for the entire […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Sierre, Switzerland, Terravin, Vinea, wine fair

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