GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Hangzhou, China, which bills itself as the most romantic city in the country, this week named a 26-year-old Swiss man as its ambassador to the world, to get the message out. The city of some six million is home to the beautiful West Lake, a Unesco World Heritage sites. The job is […]
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World’s best Merlot is Italian
Wines entered at Mondial du Merlot up sharply Ticino winery wins for 3 consecutive vintage wines ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – A Merlot from Frioul, Italy, won a great gold award, the top prize, at the Mondial des Merlots: Merlot Masut Da Rive 2009. The awards were announced at the Hotel Metropol in Zurich Tuesday 20 May. […]
Why the Swiss are drinking more Swiss wine
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Federal Agriculture Office couldn’t have given Swiss wineries a better gift for Easter than the latest figures that show consumers are drinking more Swiss wine and imports are gently sliding. The FAO notes in publishing its 2013 wine statistics that a special situation last year might account for part of this: […]
Swiss wines step up marketing effort in Germany
Home crowd: Arvinis wine fair attendance slips, but sales up MORGES, SWITZERLAND – Marketing efforts for Swiss wines are being stepped up in Germany while at home the crowds turned out once again to meet the new vintages in Morges. The Arvinis wine fair closed its doors Monday night with atendance down slightly to around […]
Hand-holding for the Arvinis wine fair
Republished from Ellen’s Wine World, my new web site dedicated to Swiss wines LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Arvinis wine fair opens Wednesday evening 2 April and will pull in several thousand people before it closes Monday night 7 April. The sheer quantity of wine, some 2,500 from around the world at 150 stands, can be […]