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Archives for August 2012

Cold showers for weekend fun as temps dip, snow forecast

31/08/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – If you’re heading outdoors this weekend, take along warm clothes! Temperatures in the mountains are expected to dip to negatives at 2,000 metres and snow could fall as low as 1,000 metres, highly unusual in late August, early September. MeteoSwiss says we can expect rain off and on all weekend, with clearer […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: cold, Crans-Montana, European Master's golf, snow, St Prex Classics, Vinea, weather forecast

Pinots from France, Switzerland take top 5 at Mondial

30/08/2012 by Ellen Wallace

German Pinots make a strong showing GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Wines from Languedoc in France, Valais, Bern and Aargau won the top five awards at the Mondial des Pinots international wine contest, whose results were announced  30 August. The winners will receive their prizes Friday in Sierre, where 1,500 wines were judged earlier this month by […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 2012, French, German, gold medals, Grand or medal, Mondial des Pinots, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Swiss

Swiss white wines, the basics

29/08/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Part 1 of a 3-part mini-guide for the Vinea wine fair Reminder: Join me for a one-hour Introduction to Swiss wines and guided visit to Vinea, in cooperation with Vinea!  Deadline is Wednesday night 29 August to sign up: details and registration on the GenevaLunch donations page; we will confirm your registration by return e-mail. […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: award-winning wines, Chardonnay, Chasselas, cliches, Fendant, Geneva, Mueller-Thurgau, Switzerland, white wines

Introduction to Swiss wines in English, a Vinea first

27/08/2012 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

PRESS RELEASE FROM GENEVALUNCH.COM GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss wine expert, international wine judge and GenevaLunch.com editor Ellen Wallace will be offering a 70-minute introduction to Swiss Wines and guided tour of the Vinea Swiss wines fair in English Saturday 1 September, in cooperation with Vinea. This is a first for Switzerland’s largest outdoor wine event. […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: editor Ellen Wallace, GenevaLunch.com, guided tour Vinea, international wine competitions judge, introduction to Swiss wines, Swiss wine in English, Vinea, wine, wine writer

How the cantons fare: finalists in the Swiss wine competition

23/08/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, while not a competition that pits one canton against another, serves as a kind of register for how well wines from the six main wine regions fared against those from other parts of the country. The 2012 distribution of Swiss wine finalists by region and canton […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Basel, cantons, Fribourg, Geneva, Gruabuenden, Neuchatel, Ticino, Valais, Vaud, wine regions, Zurich

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