I went to a wine-tasting session a few nights ago, where 30 of us paid CHF80 for the evening’s wines, food served with the glasses, and the teacher’s expertise. It was well worth it, but I came home reflecting on how important it is to observe some basic rules when you attend a wine class […]
Food & dining
Rhubarb pie with pepper, coming up
I love to bake pies and while I think that Swiss late harvest wines from Valais are some of the world’s finest sweet wines and great with many desserts, I like the idea of exploring other wines for the end of a meal, for pie in particular. Sparkling wines are the easiest first option. But […]
Sweet news: Frey in N America, Lindt wins Haribo dispute
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s largest chocolate company, Migros-owned Frey, has just acquired Sweetworks in Buffalo, New York and its sister firm Oak Leaf Confections in Toronto, Canada to increase its presence in North America, notably in northern US states and Canada. The deal is retroactive to 1 January and involves no changes in personnel or […]
The whiskey and the apple
“Whiskey, you’re the devil” is the start of a song by Ireland’s Clancy Brothers that I’ve always liked. It came right to mind when I saw a new line of apple design pottery from my favourite Irish pottery, Nicholas Mosse, whom I got to know when I lived on the west coast of Ireland. Tucked […]
Vaud approves CHF2.5 for wine tourism
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – In a first for Switzerland, a cantonal council has approved a budget and programme for wine tourism. The Grand Conseil in Vaud Tuesday 1 April unanimously adopted a five-year CHF2.5 million budget that will help develop a wine tourism project. Top priorities are training people in other businesses to be familiar with […]