Excited for St Jodern Kellerei for winning an impressive top international award in the recent DWWA (Decanter World Wine Awards) competition, for its 2012 “Heida Barrique” wine. You’ll find more about this winery in my upcoming Swiss wine book, a very special cellar! Its “Heida Veritas” and a red blend, both 2012, won bronze. “Heida […]
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Chasselas: Vully a winner in more than one sense
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – There were some good surprises at the Mondial du Chasselas awards Friday evening 4 July at the Chateau d’Aigle in eastern canton Vaud, starting with the big winner, Domaine Chervet from Vully, with 93.2 points out of 100. The world is so used to praising the superb Chasselas wines from Lavaux (Dézaley, […]
Lavaux wine tourism gets train day pass (update)
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Lavaux and its vineyards are getting a tourism boost in the form of a new day pass (carte journalière) that allows visitors to use several different trains, buses and funicular cars freely throughout the day and to reach all the area’s tourism sites via train. The Mobilis Lavaux Riviera Pass can be […]
When the sugar is worse than the booze
Ad Age has an article about the latest trend in sweet drinks in the US. The only good thing I can see coming out of this combination of excess sugar and excess booze is a faint hope that there will be a strong reaction to it at some point and everyone will swear off sweetness. […]
Wine producer Giroud, Secret Service agent arrested (update)
Ongoing fraud scandal adds data theft dimension GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD -Update, Friday 13 June: Geneva’s public prosecutor said this afternoon that three of those detained will be held, including Dominique Giroud, will be jailed until 14 July while the fourth person, the secret service agent who appears to be involved, will be held […]