In my dreams wines have colours and scents and tastes – forget the complicated business of aromas and flavours – and I suspect after watching this I’ll start hearing wines as well. This is beautiful! (Thank you Robert MacIntosh for sharing it) The Sound of Taste from Grey London on Vimeo.
Archives for February 2014
Train, snowplow accident in Goms Valley
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The train between Oberwald and Ulrichen in Valais is being replaced by bus service Tuesday afternoon following the crash of a snowplow and a Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn train in Obergesteln earlier in the day. The driver of the plow was slightly injured in the accident but there were no other vehicles. The […]
On the wild side
Seed dreams of bigger things Few wine grape seeds make it this far on the vine. They go down with the bulk of the bunches at harvest time, or they are tipped out by the weather if they are part of overlooked grapes. This vineyard in St Livre, near Aubonne in canton Vaud, is protected […]
Sommelier’s work, not for the feeble
New Swiss diploma takes note of changes GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – If you’re dreaming of being a sommelier, standing with a neat napkin over your arm and pouring your favourite bottle of wine while nipping a bit in the back room, you’re stuck in a 1950s movie. The World’s Best Sommelier 2013, Paolo Basso from Ticino, […]
Wine fraud investigated in Vaud
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Kursner brothers in Féchy are reportedly the victims of a wine fraud in canton Vaud, where at least two grape growers and possibly four are under investigation for selling them illegal “moût” (must), the grape juice from which wine is made. The wine producer being investigated has told local journalists that […]