Fourth in a 7-part series on the Swiss wine harvest 2013 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Wine artisan Meinrad Gaillard is quick to say making wine isn’t about money but about loving to make great wine, and the secret to that is time. Slow wine, wine that spends years in the cellar before […]
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Swiss wine awards: Vaud shines
Valais cooperative Provins named Winemaker of the Year BERN, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Provins in Sion, Valais, a cooperative that is the country’s largest wine producer, walked away from the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse (GPVS) awards in Bern Tuesday night with the title of Swiss Winemaker of the Year 2103 for its […]
Let the wine grapes roll! Harvest underway
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – I’ll be spending hours and hours among the vines in several cantons during the coming weeks, now that the grape harvest is well underway. Here are images from my first day out (at the end of the article), harvesting with workers from the Jean-René Germanier winery in Vétroz, […]
Best of the best W. Swiss eateries
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Gault & Millau 7 October published their 2014 guide to the best dining spots in Switzerland. There are a number of enthusiastic and very talented young chefs among those who are celebrating the points they were awarded out of 20. Here’s the list published today, of the best […]
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, […]