I’m heading off in a little bit for the opening of Arvinis, where I’ll be tasting as many wines as I can this evening. You can find my notes on them here tomorrow – just in time for your own visit to the wine fair in Morges. Coupons give you CHF15 off the entry fee […]
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Wine label nonsense
What goes into a bottle of wine? According to Science 2.0, “Lots of things go into wine, such as soil, that is why some regions became famous for wine, but some winemakers add sucrose and other chemicals during manufacturing.” Were they trying a wine called “True Grit”? The article is about a group of researchers in […]
New quality charter for 2 Vully wines
Pierre Thomas, writing in Fribourg newspaper La Liberté, points to a new quality charter for wines from two grapes in the Vully area, Freiburger and Traminer that deserve to be more widely known. When they are good they are very good. He also reviews a group of wines produced by some of the producers who […]
Suzukii fight could bump up wine prices
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss federal agriculture officials say that the cost of fighting the devastating Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila) pest could start at CHF3,000 per hectare, and rise, depending on the intensity of the grower’s efforts to deal with it. One hectare can provide a wine producer with anywhere from 700 to 3,000 bottles […]
Food safety on today’s plate
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A new WHO report whose initial results will be issued later today will show that 351,000 people died in one year from foodborne illnesses, with 582 million cases on record. The report’s findings are part of the 7 April World Health Day 2015, whose theme is “from farm to plate, make food […]