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Tips on leaning on the sommelier, from the world’s best one
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Paolo Basso was named the World’s Best Sommelier 2013 in Tokyo 29 March, in front of an excited crowd of 4,000. “We’ve never had so much attention – the media coverage there was huge!” the sommelier from canton Ticino says. He was in Féchy Friday 31 May for […]
Oddest little story today, Venezuela’s communion wine
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Among the many stories that have crossed my editor’s path today, this ranks as one of the oddest. Venezuela’s Catholic Church says it has a worrisomely short supply of wine left, only two months worth, according to the BBC and thedrinksbusiness, a wine industry newsletter. Currency controls have […]
Nyon restaurant shut – manager in bike accident
NYON, SWITZERLAND – Le Navigateur restaurant in Nyon is closed temporarily following a motorcycle accident Monday that left restaurant manager Arnaud Leroux in serious condition at the Hug university hospitals in Geneva. The Société Nautique de Nyon says it will need a few days to sort out how to re-open the restaurant, while it’s thoughts […]
Colombian coffee gets Switzerland’s 1st foreign IGP protection
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Colombian coffee now has IGP/GGA (indication géographique protégée, PGI in English) protection in Switzerland, one of only nine products given this, and the first foreign one on the official Swiss list. The name cannot be used except by Colombian coffee producers who meet IGP legal requirements. Colombian growers registered the PGI in […]