Six wineries from canton Vaud are getting a helping hand from watchmaker Hublot and its chairman Jean-Claude Biver in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China this week, during a series of presentations and tasting sessions. The group, working with the Vaud Wines Office, is looking to build contacts with importers and to introduce their wines to […]
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Vinea’s facelift helps clarify organization’s role
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Vinea Association, based in Sierre, canton Valais, has a new logo as part of its new graphics charter, unveiled Thursday. As with most such communications facelifts, the real story is the shift in its work. In this case, the change is more a recognition of the group’s evolving role in a […]
Why the Swiss are drinking more Swiss wine
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Federal Agriculture Office couldn’t have given Swiss wineries a better gift for Easter than the latest figures that show consumers are drinking more Swiss wine and imports are gently sliding. The FAO notes in publishing its 2013 wine statistics that a special situation last year might account for part of this: […]
Swiss falling in love with their own wines again
Special measures post-2011 large harvest BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss wines, in particular white wines, are suddenly all the rage at home, with total wine consumption for Switzerland rising in 2013 by some 10 percent, most of that due to higher consumption of Swiss wines. Sales and consumption of foreign wines fell by 4 million litres. […]
Consumption of Swiss wines jumps by nearly 10%
Special measures post-2011 large harvest BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss wines, in particular white wines, are suddenly all the rage at home, with total wine consumption for Switzerland rising in 2013 by some 10 percent, most of that due to higher consumption of Swiss wines. Sales and consumption of foreign wines fell by 4 million litres. […]