Getting back to wine work for me meant a weekend with three days of wine judging in Sierre, canton Valais, at the Mondial des Pinots. Pinot Noirs, of course, but we also judged rosés and blanc de Pinots, as well as Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris wines. In addition to judging we were taken on […]
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Rosé it is, never mind the rain
The hot summer season is far from over, despite the first rain in weeks, quenching the parched fields, parks and lawns in the region. And rosé is very much the wine to drink when the weather is hot. Switzerland, like France and Italy, has seen great improvement in its rosé wines in the past 3-5 […]
Time for a Chasselas party!
Aigle is the place to be Saturday The awards for the winning Chasselas wines will be announced this evening, 26 June, and tomorrow will be given over to a public tasting session at the Château d’Aigle, which is also home to the Vaud wine museum. The awards will be announced by the Mondial du Chasselas, […]
Léman Express it is! New regional train named
Public transport should reduce cross-border cars by 2019 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The new name of the Ceva project, the regional train service that will link France and Switzerland around the Lake Geneva area, is Léman Express. Officials from the two countries announced the new name Friday morning, after 7,884 people voted online during the first […]
Swiss news roundup: agrochem, refugees, rail sheep
Lausanne-Vevey trains back on track GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – News from western Switzerland: Monsanto continues to woo Syngenta The possibility of an agrochemical giant dimmed slightly during the week when Syngenta turned down a buyout offer from Monsanto, but the US firm is expected to make a new bid for Basel-based Syngenta within weeks. “The St. […]