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Archives for April 2013

Rioja organic wines visit Lausanne tonight

30/04/2013 by Ellen Wallace

WORLD WINES – This just in the door: the public is invited to a wine-tasting that is out of the ordinary, from 16:00-20:00 Tuesday 30 April, at the Lausanne Palace, rue du Grand-Chène 7, 1003 Lausanne (I’m also posting this on our new events site). Seven organic wineries from Rioja who are looking for an […]

Filed Under: Food & dining

Swiss drinking less milk, less wine but cheese and chocolates are happy staples

26/04/2013 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – Chocolate and cheese consumption in Switzerland aren’t slipping, but two liquid icons of Swissness are continuing their downward trend: milk and wine consumption are both slipping, despite an increasing population. Whether the larger share of foreigners in the population partially explains the change is a matter for conjecture. Cheese consumption has remained […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 2012, cheese, chocolate, consumption, milk, Switzerland, wine

Wines selected for introduction to wine tasting Friday night, Arvinis

19/04/2013 by Ellen Wallace

Prize offered to best “student” at tonght’s introduction to wine tasting class! GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I’ve lined up the six beautiful wines plus one to help us get started for tonight’s “Introduction to wine tasting” class in English at 18:00 at Arvinis in Morges. The class is one hour long and will give you the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 2013, Arvinis, basics, class, English, Introduction to wine tasting

Chateau de Chillon awards major design project to Lausanne architect

18/04/2013 by Ellen Wallace

Switzerland’s most popular tourist attraction to house new service areas GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Chateau de Chillon has awarded first prize in its architectural and landscape competition for a new cafeteria and boutique to Lausanne architectural firm Dreier Frenzel, with art historian Clément Crevoisier. The award comes with prize money of CHF30,000 and a recommendation […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: architects Dreier Frenzel, award, castle, Chateau de Chillon, Lausanne, prize, Switzerland's most popular tourist attraction

Morges wine fair, Arvinis, opens Swiss wine season

17/04/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Arvinis opens officially Wednesday evening 17 April in Morges, the unofficial start to the wine-tasting season in Switzerland. The fair, held at the CFF Halle next to the train station in Morges, attracts some 20,000 people every year during its five-day run. Visitors pay CHF35 for a glass that they carry around […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Arvinis wine fair, guide to visiting, Lebanon, Morges, Swiss wines, wine

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