The display of Morges wines at the Arvinis wine fair, which opened Wednesday evening, does a good job of showing off the guest of honour wines. It made me decide to taste mainly red wines, a departure from what I usually do at Arvinis. The basics for an Arvinis visit My suggestions, based on last […]
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Vaud winery takes top Alpine red wine prize
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – David Kind is a small wine producer with a prodigious talent for good wines and he’s just been amply rewarded for his work at the annual 7 Ceps wine competition in Bourg-en-Bresse, France. The competition brings together producers from seven wine regions around Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak: […]
Traditional Swiss carnival season food
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – By now you must have gotten your guggen on, so it is only natural to follow up carnival with some typical Swiss foods eaten at the time. (See the full 2013 Swiss carnivals list). Here’s a roundup of some of the season’s most popular foods and recipes, some of them in German: […]
Italy, France, Switzerland: 7 Ceps regional wine competition winners named
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The 7 Ceps wine competition is an interesting variation on the theme of “best of” that for most competitions means best of a grape variety or a politically defined region. These are wines from a geographically linked area, the vineyards in the greater Mont Blanc region with producers in Italy, France and […]
Vaud open house, a little planning will help
Correction: my apologies, but a couple of the wineries listed below are not taking part in the open house days. At Henri Cruchon, where the winery was packed out Saturday morning, they explained that they are already so busy on Saturdays that they could only add to the crowd if they are sure of good […]