2011 vintage: warm, deep cherry and plum notes await us after unusual year LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Good news arrived from France Monday, that 2011 wines from the Rhone Valley, after initial tastings, show wonderful promise. Grapes harvested at optimal ripeness are giving wines marked by fruitiness and warmth, with plum and deep cherry notes, verging […]
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Weekend weather, wine festival, Chillon observatory
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Temperatures are inching back up this weekend, with highs of 28C expected, but the warmer weather will bring some thundershowers with it in French-speaking Switzerland. Central Switzerland is more likely to be dry and sunny, so if you’re up or hiking, head for Interlaken or Lucerne. GenevaLunch will be publishing some suggestions […]
Souvenirs of pleasure during Geneva winery Open day
Photos by Sean Ecker GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Sean Ecker visited a winery that is new to the Geneva wineries’ Open day, Clos de la Zone, Valentin Vidonne winemaker, in Gy. Swiss wine labeling laws changed this year to allow wineries to include grapes from their vine parcels over the border in France, and the Vidonne […]
Lake Geneva area weekend: sunshine and wine on the menu
GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The weather forecast for the weekend in the Lake Geneva area is better than you might think if you’re currently sitting in a downpour (your editor is watching a snow shower at 2,400 metres, above me). Showers will clear by morning, with just a few clouds left along mountain ridges. […]
Swiss find ID checks significantly reduce under-age sales
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s experience with regular tests in the market to see if customers are asked to show that they are old enough to buy alcohol is paying off, says the government. Ten years of regular checks in 23 cantons has refined the system so that more tests are carried out in the areas […]