A winery open house 23 November, but more: Arte & Vini in Neuchatel is a project that for several years has marked the relationship between wine and art. This year: opening for Marianne Schneeberger’s children’s book, La fée de la vigne.
A standard for wine glasses
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – You thought you could drink out of just any old wine glass, right? Wrong, and the world has now agreed on standards for wine glasses, ISO in Geneva says. Here’s the scoop: “The tasting glass consists of a cup (an “elongated egg”) supported by a stem resting on […]
Best Chasselas in Vaud named
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Féchy is home to the best 2012 Chasselas wine in canton Vaud, generally considered the birthplace of the grape variety so closely tied to the image of Swiss wines. Pierre-Louis Molliez & Fils won the top award at the wine competition Sélection des Lauriers de Platine” held 21 […]
Lunch at Switzerland’s no. 1 restaurant
Dear readers, this is the day when Vaud’s best wines are selected by Terravin wine tasters, and I’m one of them. We will be tasting wines all morning, followed by lunch at the Hotel de Ville restaurant in Crissier, selected this week by the red Michelin guides as one of Switzerland’s two top restaurants, with […]
Swiss starred Michelin restaurants up by 10%
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – The 2014 Michelin red guide for Suisse/Schweiz is published Wednesday 21 November. This year’s guide shows a remarkable 110 stars given to Swiss restaurants, a 10 percent increase in the number compared to a year earlier. Two restaurants have three stars, out of just over 100 three-star restaurants […]