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World Merlot gold medals go to wines from four continents
Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The first-ever Mondial du Merlot, a global wine competition organized in southern Switzerland, has just awarded gold medals to the top 19 Merlot wines from the 278 entered, from 24 countries. Merlot is one of the most widely grown grapes in the world. “I discovered wines with profoundly different characters, […]
More trains between Geneva and Lausanne in mid-December
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Good news for the Lake Geneva region: the CFF rail company will be adding more trains on the Bern-Zurich and Lausanne-Geneva lines, starting 14 December when the new 2009 schedule goes into effect, with 5.5% more kilometres of rail travel on offer.
The chemical joys of wine
I have mixed reactions when I read in the space of a minute that a) there are things in red wine that are good for me (hooray!) and b) the chemical reaction is therefore going to be reproduced in a drug, to be put to wider user (oh no! but wait, that must be good […]
Switzerland names top winemaker, best wine 2008
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s top winemaker is oenologue Madeleine Gay, cellarmaster at the country’s largest cooperative, Provins, in Sion. She was awarded the honour of “Swiss winemaker of the year” Friday evening at the annual Swiss Wine Night in Zurich, when the country’s finest wines are named by the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse […]