Winter is a lovely time for drinking wine, and let’s be clear, drinking is not the same as tasting. We’ve had guests in the mountains, where we opened big hearty red wines from Spain to have with roasts, and other friends with whom we compared fendants from Valais over raclette (cheese melted over potatoes) next […]
Search Results for: Pinot Noir
It’s a new year, so let’s try new wines
Here’s what I’m opening for New Year’s Eve: three bottles I don’t know, none of them old, because I like to look forward at this time of year. I know and trust the producers and will enjoy learning something new about their work. I think celebrating a new year should mean reminding ourselves to be […]
Out of town guests for New Year’s weekend? Serve Swiss!
‘Tis the season for overseas guests and non-Swiss friends to drop in for a sociable drink or two. Here are some suggestions for showing off the fine wines of Switzerland. Aperitif food, uncomplicated Keep it simple – Swiss wines work well with Swiss air-dried meats and cheese platters for late afternoon or early evening. Dried […]
Switzerland’s 66 winning wines, part 1
l’Hebdo and GenevaLunch present Switzerland’s top wines with tasting notes, adapted in English from articles that appeared in the 13 November print version of l’Hebdo, Switzerland’s leading news magazine in French. The magazine ran a major story on the winners of the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, which is Switzerland’s main wine competition, open to […]
World Merlot gold medals go to wines from four continents
Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The first-ever Mondial du Merlot, a global wine competition organized in southern Switzerland, has just awarded gold medals to the top 19 Merlot wines from the 278 entered, from 24 countries. Merlot is one of the most widely grown grapes in the world. “I discovered wines with profoundly different characters, […]