Getting back to wine work for me meant a weekend with three days of wine judging in Sierre, canton Valais, at the Mondial des Pinots. Pinot Noirs, of course, but we also judged rosés and blanc de Pinots, as well as Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris wines. In addition to judging we were taken on […]
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Takeaway, quick foods – Swiss supermarkets adapt
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Coop is launching the first of its new “Coop to go” quick food shops at Zurich Stadelhofen 19 August, one week after Migro opened similar stores that are particularly appealing to a young urban population, report 24 Heures and 20 Minutes (Fr). The latest shift away from traditional supermarkets follows the success […]
Swiss step back as US, Cuba talk again
55 years of calming disputes ends happily BERN, SWITZERLAND – Diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US were restored 20 July but today, 14 August, is the big day in Havana, with the American flag being raised by Marines at the US embassy for the first time since January 1961. Switzerland will be an honoured […]
Swiss Syrahs, lookin’ good
And tasting even better I spent two days at the Grand prix du vin suisse wine competition as a judge, at the start of the week. People always ask me afterwards what great wines I tasted, assuming I’ll give them the name and maker. Can’t do it – we taste blind, and about the only […]
Organic wine awards (taste them 30 June)
Winners of the Swiss organic (bio) wines awards have been named. Top winners: Best organic white wine: Solaris 2014 | Bioweingut Sitenrain | Meggen | Lucerne Best organic red wine: Iselisberg Cuvée Noir 2013 | Bioweingut Karin und Roland Lenz | Uesslingen | Thurgovie Swiss Organic Winemaker of the Year: Bioweingut Karin und Roland Lenz […]