LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud’s winery open days are this weekend and if there is one place sure to pull the crowds, it’s the Lavaux Unesco World Heritage site with its terraced vineyards. The area itself is so splendid it’s easy to overlook the ongoing battle and efforts to keep it that way. This […]
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Falling in love again: Vully
There are many wonderful things about wine, not least of which it allows you to keep falling in love! Occasional bouts of jealousy among the lovers is completely manageable, happily. Yesterday I fell in love yet again, this time with the Swiss region of Vully and in particular with the village of Môtier, which must […]
Regional travel & wine: Switzerland’s surprising wines
Republished from GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Torches light the lovely 15th-century cobblestone courtyard, once a two- or three-hour carriage ride from Geneva. A hum of voices carries from an open cellar door where soft candlelight offers a glimpse of amphoras and barrels. Upstairs, in a renovated area of the old Grand’Cour château, Jean-Pierre Pellegrin describes […]
Bees, farmers to get help from Bern
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Farmers who are trying to save the at-risk bee population in Switzerland received encouraging news Tuesday. The upper house of parliament Tuesday backed a motion by the lower house to develop a coordinated approach to help the bees, based on scientific evidence. The motion does not includes an outright ban on pesticides […]
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 […]