I just bought four Mt Favet tomatoes to try, as I do every year, to get decent tomatoes to grow at 1,100 metres, in the veggie patch, just like all the others. My success has not been impressive to date, whether I start with tiny plants or bigger ones, or change varieties. Mt Favet is […]
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Vaud wines to seek new director
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Nicolas Schorderet, who has headed the OVV, the Vaud wines office, since March 2009, will be leaving at the end of August, the OVV announced Tuesday 29 May. A search for his successor is underway. Schorderet was hired to turn around the finances of the organization and re-position Vaudois wines on the […]
Bursins on a Saturday morning, a timeless view
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – This photo of Chateau Le Rosey, taken Saturday morning 26 May, shows the timelessness of many of Switzerland’s vineyard regions, despite the rapid population growth in the area. (Reposted from Ellen’s Wine World on Facebook).
Vaud open house, a little planning will help
Correction: my apologies, but a couple of the wineries listed below are not taking part in the open house days. At Henri Cruchon, where the winery was packed out Saturday morning, they explained that they are already so busy on Saturdays that they could only add to the crowd if they are sure of good […]
Vaud is “last but not least” for winery open house weekends
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud follows Neuchatel, Geneva and Valais with its wineries open house this weekend, and wine-lovers will find that this year the event really comes into its own. Good transportation solutions are one of the major improvements, the price is a bargain, and the 300 wineries in a canton with enormous terroir […]