BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss voters will be asked, sometime after the politically sensitive parliamentary elections of 2016, to vote on doubling the Gotthard road tunnel. More than 100,000 signatures have been gathered against the proposed addition of a second tunnel for the Gotthard, which has regular tailbacks, especially during peak holiday travel periods. But a […]
Search Results for: Swiss Wine Week
Swiss train ride: wines in context
BERN, SWITZERLAND – I took the train from Lausanne to Bern and back today, one of my favourite train rides in a country spoiled for traveler’s rail pleasures. I had a good cup of coffee and a giant croissant which the waiter described as a “Zurich croissant”, and I read a new book on Chasselas […]
Wine language: amphores, eggs, biodynamic (update)
Demeter and Swiss biodynamic vines Update: just after I posted this, Jacques Perrin’s latest blog post arrived, about the course I followed last week. It’s in French, but for anyone who reads French, it’s a good review of some of the current thinking about the use of cement eggs, amphores, etc. Correction: Writer Wink Lorch […]
World’s largest pumpkin is Swiss
Winner of largest Swiss pumpkin Sunday, 2nd award in 1 week ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The world’s largest pumpkin is a record-setting 953.5 kilos and it comes from canton Zurich. The new official heavyweight was named Sunday 5 October 2014 when a pumpkin from the Jucker farm in Zurich became the largest in the national Swiss […]
Swiss wines get Presence Switzerland support
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss Wine Promotion (SWP), the national marketing board, and Presence Switzerland (PS) have signed a two-year agreement that should provide a significant boost to the country’s wine exports. It kicks in immediately, 22 September, with SWP’s involvement in the Roman part of the Giro del Gusto, a food and wine tour of […]