GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss ate 9.1 kg of fish and seafood in 2013, a new record, and 6 percent more than they were eating 25 years ago. Virtually all of the fish is imported, 98 percent. The figures were published 25 March by the WWF, which recommends that Swiss consumers buy less fish and […]
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Arvinis kicks off Swiss spring wine tastings
Reposted from Ellen’s Wine World, your source of information about Swiss wines, where I’ll be giving away some 1/2-price tickets to Arvinis later this week. 2-7 April in Morges Ellen’s Wine World: “Sensory pleasure of Swiss reds” LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The wine-tasting spring and summer season begins next week with the now-established tradition of the […]
Arvinis kicks off Swiss spring wine tastings
2-7 April in Morges Ellen’s Wine World: “Sensory pleasure of Swiss reds” LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The wine-tasting spring and summer season begins next week with the now-established tradition of the Arvinis wine fair in Morges. This is the 19th year for the privately-run fair that hosts 2,500 wines from around the world, including a large […]
Oxford students blind-taste to near perfection in Lausanne
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Take a glass of red wine, a glass of white, give five university students 15 minutes to blind-taste them, discuss them and draw conclusions, then present in great detail the wines, for a jury that includes the World’s Best Sommelier 2013, Paolo Basso. This is what we saw Saturday night 22 March […]
Crans-Montana in bid to tax empty 2nd homes
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The six villages that are part of the larger Crans-Montana-Aminona resort area will gives local voters a chance to decide 16 June if they want to put a new tax on second homes that are used less than 75 days a year. The debate over what to do about “cold beds” or […]