BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Rouvinez winery in Sierre was awarded the Amag Family Business Award 2014 Friday 5 September in Bern, out of a field of 100 candidates, some of whom were pre-selected and the others nominated. It is the third such award for the prize, created in 2012 by the Amag Automobile company to […]
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Tasting Swiss wines in Zurich
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Every August the one-day Memoire & Friends wine tasting in Zurich pulls in a large crowd of industry professionals for an afternoon, followed by hundreds of wine-lovers as they head home from work. This year the event attracted 170 wine producers from Switzerland, including a small group of Swiss wineries from abroad. […]
Grapes: great so far, fingers crossed
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva is the latest area to declare its grapes very healthy, as we head into the critical month of September. Cantonal authorities have been testing the wine grapes and checking their health in the past few days. Guillaume Potterat, an oenologist with canton Geneva, told newspaper GHI that it’s too early to […]
Swiss wine and sport marriages continue
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The latest in a string of Swiss wine groups or wineries to create partnerships with sports club is the OVV, Vaud wine office, joining forces with the Lausanne Hockey Club. The club said in a statement 27 August that it is happy to help spread the word about the canton’s wines, as […]
Napa bottles in shards following 6.0 earthquake
My heart goes out to the Napa Valley winemakers who were hard hit by the 6.0 earthquake that struck at 03:30 Sunday, causing massive damage. Early reports are that no one was killed by the tremors, but at least 70 people were taken to hospital and the physical damage to wineries will be heavy. Map […]