What goes into a bottle of wine? According to Science 2.0, “Lots of things go into wine, such as soil, that is why some regions became famous for wine, but some winemakers add sucrose and other chemicals during manufacturing.” Were they trying a wine called “True Grit”? The article is about a group of researchers in […]
Updates to Vineglorious! book reviews, sales outlets
Please note that I’ve just updated the list of sales outlets (scroll down the page) for Vineglorious! Switzerland’s Wondrous World of Wines. I’ve also updated the reviews of the book, organizing them by language.
Horses really do fly
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” – […]
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 […]