MORGES, SWITZERLAND – These are all posted on Ellen’s Wine World on Facebook, with photos, as individual wine tasting notes, but I’m adding them here as a reference, so people can search for them later. Noted in order of tasting: I started at the Swiss Wine Promotion guest of honour wines and selected 10 of […]
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Geneva’s new vintage wines: 2011 an exciting year
How to visit Geneva’s open winery day, published 2010 but tips are still valid. Note that several wineries are also open this Sunday 13 May, as a Mother’s Day treat. Ellen’s Wine World favourites (check out the Facebook page). Here were my top 10 picks from the official presentation (not ranked), where I concentrated on […]
Praise for Vaud’s Premiers Grands Crus
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – I have nothing but praise for Vaud’s 11 new Premiers Grands Crus collection, the first in what promises to be a growing list of some of Switzreland’s finest wines. They were presented to the world Tuesday evening in Lausanne, first to the press, then in the more formal setting of the canton’s […]
Nutshell guide to visiting Arvinis
MORGES, SWITZERLAND – A couple people have said what they would really like are some suggestions about how to visit Arvinis and a) not end up drunk and b) learn something about wine c) while enjoying themselves. The problem with any wine fair is that it’s daunting, especially if you’re not familiar with many of […]
Swiss wine consumption slipped in 2011
Bigger harvest, good quality, lower consumption – stocks rise BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss drank slightly less wine in 2011, with consumption down by 2.3 percent to 2.72 billion hectolitres, a reverse after 2010’s increase of 3.2 percent. Consumption has remained relatively stable overall, fluctuating between 2.07 and 2.86 for the past 10 years. But […]