Ed. note: I rarely publish press releases in full, but this is such an unusual and interesting feature story that I’m bringing it to you untouched, for your Sunday morning reading. The FEI, world equestrian federation, is based in Lausanne. FEI PRESS RELEASE Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam (NED), 11 April 2015 “We Give Horses Wings” – […]
Archives for April 2015
Surprise memory of Pesquera
I was searching for Pesquera Tinto wine, wondering how prices for this lovely Spanish red wine compare – the answer is, the price ranges from CHF24 in Switzerland to $45 online in the US, which makes no sense. My search took me to the Pesquera home page and – what a surprise – I found […]
New quality charter for 2 Vully wines
Pierre Thomas, writing in Fribourg newspaper La Liberté, points to a new quality charter for wines from two grapes in the Vully area, Freiburger and Traminer that deserve to be more widely known. When they are good they are very good. He also reviews a group of wines produced by some of the producers who […]
Suzukii fight could bump up wine prices
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss federal agriculture officials say that the cost of fighting the devastating Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila) pest could start at CHF3,000 per hectare, and rise, depending on the intensity of the grower’s efforts to deal with it. One hectare can provide a wine producer with anywhere from 700 to 3,000 bottles […]
Swiss news: tourism up, inflation down, record khat haul
Foreign tourist stays up 3.8% BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss federal authorities say tourism rose 6 percent in February compared to a year earlier. The latest figures ease some fears about the immediate impact of the higher Swiss franc on the ski season. The month had an additional 176,000 overnight stays, of which foreign demand was […]