The Arvinis wine festival in Morges is one of the main events of the Swiss wine calendar. Links to related GenevaLunch articles appear at the end. Morges, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Coraline de Wurstemberger greets a guest to her Domaine Les Dames de Hautecour in fine pearls and soft gray wool. A tall, elegant and […]
Arvinis wine festival puts out welcome mat to first-timers
Morges, Vaud, Switzerland – Arvinis, the wine festival that opened Wednesday evening in Morges, is a great place to start learning about Swiss wine in particular, or about wine in general, suggests Yves Paquier, who offers a beginner’s course in wine tasting at Arvinis. English-speakers in particular can use the festival as a springboard to […]
Swiss wine consumption up, Swiss-made wines take lead
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss wine producers at the opening today of Arvinis in Morges will be smiling, with the government announcing Tuesday the first upturn in wine consumption in several years (search for “l’année viticole 2007”). Figures for 2007 show a 3.6% overall increase in wine consumed, but with a rise of 5.7% for […]
Champagne snacks-maker told to shut down Swiss web site
Paris, France and Champagne, Vaud, Switzerland (20 Minutes, Fre) – The makers of Vaud’s flutes, buttery salty aperitif snacks that carry the name of the village where they are manufactured, has been told by a court in Paris to shut down its champagne.ch web site and to stop using "Champagne" on its snacks. The court […]
Step up to the pedestal, Tara, it’s autism awareness day
Note: autism and measles vaccinations are words that are much in the news at the moment, and tomorrow GenevaLunch will carry a feature on the MMR vaccinations, autism and the state of the measles epidemic in Switzerland. Photos: Tara, named for what we think of as the hill of peace in Ireland and after her […]