GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – You have two wonderful chances to learn about older Swiss vintages in the next few days. If you’re one of the people who thinks Swiss wines should only be drunk young, you’re in for a major surprise. Tomorrow evening, 20 February, 15 restaurants in Geneva, Vaud and Valais are taking part in La […]
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Swiss wines, vintage 2013: a great one!
Republished from GenevaLunch.com, 16 January 2014 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Everyone cried when two hail storms swept through many of western Switzerland’s vineyards in June 2013, and there were tears for some of the other bad weather patches last year, but a growing sense that vintage 2013 would be a good one […]
Vine disease carrier spreads to Valais
Incurable flavescence dorée disease carrier took 17 years to move from Geneva to heart of Valais GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A leafhopper that can carry an incurable disease which withers grapes and turns vine leaves yellow has reached canton Valais, and while it took 17 years to get there from Geneva, the news is not good. […]
Swiss aid group says organic needed to end hunger
Developing countries benefit from mixed agriculture BERN, SWITZERLAND – Mixed cultivation and cooperative farming appear to be giving new hope to farmers in northern Nicaragua that they will be able to better feed themselves in the future, says Swissaid. The aid organization receives a little more than one-third of its CHF16.9 million budget from the […]
Cameras could follow cigarettes out restaurant doors
Chef Alexandre Gauthier at one-star Michelin restaurant La Grenouillère in northern France is the latest to say ça suffit to diners who shoot before they eat. The Guardian reports that his restaurant’s menu now has a pictogram of a camera with a line drawn through it: no photos, please. The New York Times caught the […]