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 […]
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Semaine du goût: try porridge again
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – We had porridge in winter when I was a child and it was so tasteless and stodgy that we covered it in brown sugar. But our mothers were right: it is an excellent start to the morning, one of the best, say doctors and dietitians, and you can […]
Getting close to CHF200 million from hail damage
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Suisse Grêle, the Swiss hail crop insurer, said Tuesday that damage to vines and other crops from the hail storm 20 June will probably come to CHF33 million, more than double the initial estimates. Vaud and Neuchatel were most heavily hit, with CHF12m and 12.5m respectively in damages, while Geneva had CHF4m […]
Tips on leaning on the sommelier, from the world’s best one
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Paolo Basso was named the World’s Best Sommelier 2013 in Tokyo 29 March, in front of an excited crowd of 4,000. “We’ve never had so much attention – the media coverage there was huge!” the sommelier from canton Ticino says. He was in Féchy Friday 31 May for […]
Little Swiss winery proves the exception for Rhone-loving Syrahs
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Vully is a small region familiar to Swiss lovers of fine wine, but worldwide fans of popular international wine, Syrah, will scratch their heads to hear the name – and yet a Syrah from here has just taken a surprise silver medal at the Mondial du Syrah wine […]