GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Multinational food company Nestlé is giving a boost to birds, bees and other critters in Britain by creating wildflower spaces to help offset the fall in their numbers. The company announced 24 July that will plant wildflower meadows at all of its factories in the UK by 2015. It has already created […]
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This year’s best Vaud Chasselas and other wines
MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Music and wine, a nice combo, was on the Montreux agenda late Thursday, with canton Vaud wine awards handed out. Mathieu Jaton, the new director of the Montreux Jazz Festival, opened the ceremony. Here’s the list of the top winners in each category. I’ll add my comments, links […]
Au fil de l’eau… Le Fendant
Wine tasting and presentation: Chasselas grape variety – food and entertainment for the family
Wii Grill festival in Visperterminen
Anniversary, legendary wine hike through some of Europe’s highest (and spectacular!) vineyards
Wiiprob: wine tasting weekend in Schaffhausen near Zurich, some of country’s best red wines
Annual August wine tasting festival, Wiiprob, in the cloister of the Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen, where some of Switzerland’s best red wines are produced
Over 20 producers of Schaffhausen Blauburgunderland