GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Little brown pouches are appearing on vineyards in Switzerland at the moment, a reminder of the ongoing greening of the wine grape business. Switzerland remains a world leader in the use of pheromones instead of insecticides, an ecological solution to pests in vineyards. The system is based on large-scale diffusion in vineyards […]
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Arvinis kicks off Swiss spring wine tastings
Reposted from Ellen’s Wine World, your source of information about Swiss wines, where I’ll be giving away some 1/2-price tickets to Arvinis later this week. 2-7 April in Morges Ellen’s Wine World: “Sensory pleasure of Swiss reds” LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The wine-tasting spring and summer season begins next week with the now-established tradition of the […]
Arvinis kicks off Swiss spring wine tastings
2-7 April in Morges Ellen’s Wine World: “Sensory pleasure of Swiss reds” LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The wine-tasting spring and summer season begins next week with the now-established tradition of the Arvinis wine fair in Morges. This is the 19th year for the privately-run fair that hosts 2,500 wines from around the world, including a large […]
Winery visit gives first lizard spotting
Spring is definitely here. Surest sign spotted over the weekend during a visit to Chateau Maison Blanche in Yvorne.
Vineyard high-speed car crash in Dardagny
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – An 18-year-old driver of a stolen car, whose alcohol level was just within the legal limits, crashed through a Dardagny vineyard in canton Geneva early Saturday 8 March during a high-speed chase. Story continues on Ellen’s Wine World