Here are the other three Swiss wine regions, as presented by Swiss Wine Promotion in their new videos. Yesterday I posted the first three, plus my remarks. Versatile grape and lessons on wine-making Merlot gets a big boost, of course, in the Ticino video, but the accent is put on how you can make white […]
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New Swiss Wine Promotion videos
Swiss Wine Promotion recently produced six videos on the six Swiss wine regions, and the organization has now posted them on YouTube, as well as on the group’s Twitter page. Fashion and fine art photographer/filmmaker Patricia von Ah made the films, with wine consultant and writer Chandra Kurt narrating in English. Note that the interviews […]
Giroud winery fraud accusation details reach public
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Valais wine producers are up in arms against accusations by producer Dominique Giroud that risk tarnishing the reputation of the entire industry. The IVV, wine interprofessional association in the canton, issued a press release Friday calling for names of anyone involved in the Giroud case to be revealed, and for information about […]
Definition of “heavy episodic drinking”
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The WHO’s report on harmful drinking and health policies issued yesterday was widely picked up by the drinks media, with some of the reporting likely to cause panic where it’s not really necessary. The definition of “heavy episodic drinking”, particularly harmful, was reported by The Drinks Business, for example, as “The report […]
WHO pushes for policies to cut alcohol abuse
Re-published from Ellen’s Wine World GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – “Worldwide, 3.3 million deaths in 2012 were due to harmful use of alcohol,” says the World Health Organization (WHO). The Geneva-based organization 12 May published the “Global status report on alcohol and health 2014”. The new report provides country profiles for alcohol consumption and problems such as […]