You can tell when reporters are not wine journalists because they overlook the most important bit - how was the wine?! Bern has revived an old tradition and put wine in one of its famous city […]
Geneva airport’s Altitude: new chef, look, food
Republished from genevalunch.com, my news site. Note: no word as yet on what is happening to the fine wine collection carried by Altitude, including many Swiss wines.GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The […]
Looking ahead
I'm taking a couple weeks off work to travel and let my hand recover more fully; it was injured in a cycling accident in August and typing isn't the best cure.Here's to a lovely holiday period, […]
Lavaux embraces organic
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - Lavaux is about to put to rest forever the idea that organic wines are second-best, following a decision by a group of growers-producers Wednesday evening to stop using all […]
Terravin’s Chasselas top wines unveiled
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - The Platine Terravin results are keenly awaited every year, just weeks after the harvest is in; the relatively new Mondial du Chasselas wine competition held in the summer […]
Parliament: Upper house buries alcohol sales revision
BERN, SWITZERLAND - The economics committee of the upper house of the Swiss parliament has decided to bury a proposed revision to the laws governing alcohol sales, after its legal counsel said it […]
Vaud Chasselas, 8 Valais stars – coming soon
I'll be taking part in, and reporting back to you soon, on two annual events that are not open to the public but which will point you to some of the best Swiss wines.The first is the annual […]
Vaud honoured for stellar wines
BERN, SWITZERLAND - In a remarkable show, winning a number of top awards for Swiss wines, canton Vaud's producers put their wines in the limelight Thursday evening.The honour of being named Swiss […]
Eat your potatoes!
I'm astonished: it seems that we are throwing away more than half of our potatoes in Switzerland. A new report from ETH in Zurich shows that producers are wasting them, but consumers are the worst […]
September’s many Swiss faces
Cooler but very dry or soggy GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - September was nearly 1 degree cooler than average, and either extremely dry or way too wet, depending on where you were. South of the Alps the […]