GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Federal Agriculture Office couldn’t have given Swiss wineries a better gift for Easter than the latest figures that show consumers are drinking more Swiss wine and imports are gently sliding. The FAO notes in publishing its 2013 wine statistics that a special situation last year might account for part of this: […]
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Ellen on the wall!
I visited the new offices in Sierre of the Vinea Association yesterday and to my great surprise found that I am hanging on their wall! I’m not the only one, I hasten to add: they’ve put up lovely large photos of people from some of their events. This photo of me was taken at the […]
Why we still have Swiss wine tariffs
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – New import allowances for wine, for individuals, are part of an overhaul of Swiss customs duties, designed to simplify and speed up customs work at borders as traffic continues to increase. Switzerland shares borders with Italy, France, Germany and Austria, all of which produce wine. Some media articles about the new changes […]
Regional travel & wine: Switzerland’s surprising wines
Republished from GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Torches light the lovely 15th-century cobblestone courtyard, once a two- or three-hour carriage ride from Geneva. A hum of voices carries from an open cellar door where soft candlelight offers a glimpse of amphoras and barrels. Upstairs, in a renovated area of the old Grand’Cour château, Jean-Pierre Pellegrin describes […]
Provins CEO leaves
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – The chief executive of Switzerland’s largest winery, Valais cooperative Provins, is leaving the company after 15 years, effective 31 January. The firm, in a statement, offered no explanation for the abrupt departure of Roland Vergères, who has headed the group for 13 years, but it thanked him for […]