Last week I gave a presentation on Swiss wines and led a tasting session of five wines from western Switzerland for a group of 30 Chinese managers from Harbin. They are following a three-week intensive course at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz’s International Programme in Solothurn. Strong interest, lively discussions and wonderful questions all around. Here are […]
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3 more Swiss wine regions, videos
Here are the other three Swiss wine regions, as presented by Swiss Wine Promotion in their new videos. Yesterday I posted the first three, plus my remarks. Versatile grape and lessons on wine-making Merlot gets a big boost, of course, in the Ticino video, but the accent is put on how you can make white […]
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. […]
Collars, bowties, bottle necks, quality labels
Quality label for wine seeks to shine GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Terravin, Vaud wine quality label organization, says it will be making changes in 2015 to help consumers understand that it isn’t a competition, but a quality label. It will keep the colour gold but probably move away from a sticker to a collar for the […]
Swiss back in the black
New on Swiss planes: electronic devices during flights, allergy-friendly steps ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Swiss, the airline owned by Lufthansa, is proving to be the parent’s golden child, turning in a profit in a turbulent industry, for the first quarter of 2014. The airline showed a profit of CHF3 million, compared to a CHF24m loss a […]