GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – The Vinea Swiss Wines app, the most complete guide to wines in the country, lists 500 of the top producers; after a year in the iPhone store it’s just been updated and the Android version is out. The app is free of charge and works in English, French […]
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Best little Swiss wine app, now android
The Vinea Swiss wine app was released a year ago for iPhones/iPads and now it’s available for android via Google Play. It’s been updated and improved, as are most apps after a few months on the market, but this already very useful app – and it’s free – now includes the winners of the 2013 Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, which is Switzerland’s national wine competition.
The awards ceremony was earlier this week in Bern. GenevaLunch feature on the award-winning wines. More …
Wine pick: Chandra Kurt, Bolle – Yvorne
ELLEN’S WINE WORLD / SWISS WINES – White wine, Chasselas. Chandra Kurt is well known in German-speaking areas as the author of a number of wine books but in particular for her annual guide to supermarket wines. She has been working with two of Switzerland’s largest winemakers to create collections of her own wines. The […]
Top Swiss chef, Gault & Millau, is Basel woman (update)
Tanja Grandits, Swiss Chef of the Year 2014, Gault & Millau ZURICH, SWITZERLAND /AMONG THE VINES – Tanja Grandits, chef at Restaurant Stucki in Basel has just become the first woman ever to win the Gault & Millau title Swiss Chef of the Year – 20 years ago Irma Dütsch iin Saas Fee, canton Valais, […]
The best of Swiss supermarket wines (book review)
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – “Des Meilleurs Vins des supermarchés de Suisse romande”, 2014 guide, arrived in my mailbox yesterday and it’s one of the most useful little wine books I’ve seen in ages. Alexandre Truffer is the editor of the French language version of Zurich-based European wine revue Vinum, a very active […]