LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Lavaux is about to put to rest forever the idea that organic wines are second-best, following a decision by a group of growers-producers Wednesday evening to stop using all synthetic products and to sharply curb the number of vine treatments by helicopters, from 7-8 a year to 4. The vote by producers […]
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Vaud honoured for stellar wines
BERN, SWITZERLAND – In a remarkable show, winning a number of top awards for Swiss wines, canton Vaud’s producers put their wines in the limelight Thursday evening. The honour of being named Swiss Winery of the Year went to the Domaine de la Ville de Morges, which has been harvesting a string of prizes in […]
Eat your potatoes!
I’m astonished: it seems that we are throwing away more than half of our potatoes in Switzerland. A new report from ETH in Zurich shows that producers are wasting them, but consumers are the worst among the guilty parties. Did you know that we throw away 300 kg of food per person per year? Save […]
Pick up wine tips on WRS
I’ve just finished another wine show with Pete Forster on WRS, this time talking about what’s happening around us right now – the harvest is going on and winemaking is starting. The sights and smells of fermentation, maturing, aging the wine: how we get from grapes on the vine to good stuff in the bottle. […]
Lavaux for a lamb-friendly red
The weather is chilly, the leaves are turning, and I’m ready for roast lamb again. I was leaving the Vinorama wine centre in Lavaux after a ribbon-cutting event for a new hiking trail, in late April. On the spur of the moment I said to the staff that my husband was home preparing lamb, potatoes […]