Cantons Geneva and Vaud this week announced the winners of their “Selections”, the official wine competitions that each year name the best local wines in several categories. For Geneva, the wines are blind-tasted by a group of professionals trained by the cantonal wine office; the winners then represent the canton at several other wine competitions, […]
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Swiss wine news: Organic winners
First certified organic competition winners named A slew of Swiss certified organic wines now boast gold and silver medals awarded by the first-ever Swiss Organic Wine (Bio Vino in French) competition, which took place in late May. The winners were announced in Bern 14 June. My favourite of course is the winner of the Press […]
Swiss wine news: GPVS awards, Arvinis guest, events
Swiss Winery of the year title goes to the Dutruy brothers in Founex, Vaud The Dutruy brothers in Founex are celebrating tonight, winners of the 2017 Swiss Winery of the year title. It is given in part for the large number of wines that obtain medals, in relation to the number of entries a winery […]
Best Swiss wines 2016 named
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The winners of the annual Swiss wine awards for 2016 were named Wednesday evening 26 October in Bern as part of the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse gala evening that attracts some 400 people from the Swiss wine world. (photos tomorrow, Thursday, of some of the winners) Part of the press release […]
Vaud honoured for stellar wines
BERN, SWITZERLAND – In a remarkable show, winning a number of top awards for Swiss wines, canton Vaud’s producers put their wines in the limelight Thursday evening. The honour of being named Swiss Winery of the Year went to the Domaine de la Ville de Morges, which has been harvesting a string of prizes in […]