GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva now has a kosher wine, produced by David Sossauer at the Domaine des Pendus in Peney. Sossauer says he was intrigued by the project, the brainchild of wine merchant David Ouanounou, according to the Tribune de Genève, which devotes several lines to the elaborate procedure needed to harvest the grapes and make […]
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Talking to Peter Greenberg about Swiss wine
Live streaming Saturday of the interview Peter Greenberg did with me a week ago, about Swiss wines. I’m keeping good company, with others interviewed for this show including President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, and author Anne Korkeakivi. Anne, by the way, just announced that her novel An American Family, […]
Back from Merlot judging
Two days of judging Merlot wines in Sierre at the Mondial du Merlot prompted reflection on a number of points. The quality of the wine was overall good to very good, with a few exceptions for wines where the cellar needs to do more work. My own table of five judges had one “great gold” […]
Talking about Swiss wines to US tourists
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I had a fun few minutes with Peter Greenberg, US radio and television travel expert, who was in Geneva Tuesday to produce a show about what the city and Switzerland have to offer. He interviewed a small group of people on a number of subjects, from the 18th floor Residence at the […]
Swiss red wine consumption takes dip
Home consumption of Swiss wines down by 8.2% Swiss reds suffer surprising fall (also published on GenevaLunch.com) BERN, SWITZERLAND – Wine consumption in Switzerland dropped again in 2014, by 2.2 percent, confirming a 10-year trend despite a slight rise, 2 percent in 2013. The amount of Swiss wine consumed fell by 8.1 percent, a worrisome […]