BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Rouvinez winery in Sierre was awarded the Amag Family Business Award 2014 Friday 5 September in Bern, out of a field of 100 candidates, some of whom were pre-selected and the others nominated. It is the third such award for the prize, created in 2012 by the Amag Automobile company to […]
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Holidays in Switzerland: traffic jams, extra trains, electric cars
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The CFF rail company is putting on an extra 68 trains to handle extra passengers during the holidays, the company said 17 December. 59,000 extra seats on Swiss holiday time trains The trains will run to cantons Valais and Graubuenden, home to most of the country’s ski resorts. They’ll provide an additional […]
Top Swiss chef, Gault & Millau, is Basel woman (update)
Tanja Grandits, Swiss Chef of the Year 2014, Gault & Millau ZURICH, SWITZERLAND /AMONG THE VINES – Tanja Grandits, chef at Restaurant Stucki in Basel has just become the first woman ever to win the Gault & Millau title Swiss Chef of the Year – 20 years ago Irma Dütsch iin Saas Fee, canton Valais, […]
Syrah du Monde: 15 Valais wines give Swiss 4th place
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Valais wines took 15 medals, 10 percent of the total, at the Syrah du Monde competition at Château d’Ampuis, France. One gold medal went to the Gregor Kuonen winery in Salgesch/Salquenen and silver medals went to 14 other wines, with 11 wineries given medals. Of the 445 wines entered, 149 were given […]
Swiss Winemaker of the Year 2011 named
Top awards for Swiss wines go to mix of new and old producers BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Winemaker of the Year for 2011 is Diego Mathier from Salquenen/Salgesch (cellar: Nouveau Salquenen) in canton Valais who previously won the coveted award in 2007. He was named at a gala dinner Tuesday night 25 October in […]