In brief: the Chateau de Chillon near Montreux has won the first Swiss wine tourism award. The awards given in Cully 8 September included: honorable mention to Lavaux Patrimoine Mondial , "Event" […]
Dear women: let’s get smarter about wine
Alcohol, religion, health, sexiness, food and wine - the debates over how much or how little wine you can or should or should not drink and when and with what or whom: the talk goes on and […]
Best Swiss wines 2016 named
BERN, SWITZERLAND - The winners of the annual Swiss wine awards for 2016 were named Wednesday evening 26 October in Bern as part of the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse gala evening that attracts some 400 […]
Top picks, reds from Vinea fair
I normally opt to taste a lot of Pinot Noir at the Vinea Wine Fair, but this year my focus was other reds, in particular Gamays and Cornalins. My notes on favourites from tasting them yesterday - […]
Let the wine flow!
The wine world is back in the swing of things, with tastings and wine events galore in coming weeks. Like other wine writers, I'm in a whirlwind period - five days ago I checked out the renovated […]
Arvinis moves to Montreux
MORGES, SWITZERLAND - Arvinis, a major wine fair held in Morges every April since 1996, is moving to Montreux as of spring 2017. The event, scheduled for 26 April to 1 May, will be held at the 2m2c […]
Details for Geneva Wineries Open Day 28 May
Here's the official information from Geneva on the canton's Wineries Open Day Saturday 28 May. Note that I'll be posting a longer article on the Cave de Genève in a few minutes, the largest winery in […]
Best of Merlots: Zurich awards
New vs Old World Merlots; love at first sipThe top wine at the Mondial du Merlot, which handed out awards 18 May in Zurich, is from Uruguay's Bouza Bodega Boutique - a winner that provided the […]
Swiss wineries open days kick off
Note: I'm still on an extended vacation in the US, but want to alert everyone to the biggest annual wine event(s) in Switzerland: the wineries open days. Here's a summary of the information provided […]
Upstairs dining at Geneva’s airport
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Le Chef officially opens to the public this week, on the third floor of Genève Aéroport, completing a series of moves in recent years to make the airport's eateries match […]