Three years ago the wine world was startled by the arrival of glass corks, which promised to remove forever the problem of "corked" wine, whose smell and taste are unforgettably unpleasant. The new glass corks, called stoppers by manufacturer Alcoa, made the news, then little was heard about them after their 2004 debut. Some wine […]
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When the French praise the Swiss, they mean wine
The Swiss have known for some time now that their wines have grown up, with many excellent bottles that now stand out among among the world’s best. The French have taken longer to come around to the same conclusion, but the new issue of La Revue du vin de France, one of the French wine […]
Lawmakers want to raise drinking age to stop binge drinking
Switzerland (24 Heures, Fre) – Binge drinking has reached Swiss teenagers, 24 Heures reports, with higher numbers of young people treated in emergency rooms and concerned lawmakers wanting to raise the legal drinking age. The latest moves come from Zug and Bâle-Campagne, with proposals to raise the age for purchasing all alcoholic drinks to 18. […]
Swiss wine harvest 2007: high quality, modest harvest
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss grape harvest in 2007 was very good in terms of quality, with a quantity that was lower than the 10-year average used by Swiss federal agriculture authorities (FOAG (search in French: l’année viticole 2007)), they confirmed Thursday. Experts predicted as early as August 2007 that it would be a […]
Oh so sweet, those fine old grapes!
In mid-December on a beautiful afternoon as the sun was sinking I took a series of photos of snowy vineyards above Sierre, in the Valais. Several of the vines were still covered with netting and the grapes sat cool but still relatively plump on the vines, waiting for the late harvest. Photos: Valais, Switzerland, 15 […]