If you would like a printed copy of the index for your book, please contact me at ellen@ellenwine.com. You can also download and print the two-page Vineglorious index, PDF, identical to the one below, but without the links. Index: Vineglorious! Switzerlnd’s Wondrous World of Wines Note that grape variety descriptions appear in the margins throughout […]
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Vineglorious – Le Temps
Catching up on mail and articles. Pierre-Emmanuel Buss gave a lovely mention of Vineglorious! Switzerland’s Wondrous World of Wines in Le Temps, in an article on the French-German regions divide in Switzerland. It’s an interesting article, well worth reading. My favourite part is, of course, the end: “Le déclic pourrait venir de regards étrangers. La […]
Rhaetian Rail train hits mudslide, 11 injured (update 3)
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – A Rhaetian rail train slammed into a mudslide that covered the rails on a steep stretch between Coire and St Moritz Wednesday at 12:30, leaving five people in serious condition and six others less seriously injured. One of the carriages fell 10 metres into a ravine before it was stopped by trees. […]
Discovering a bit of Valais vineyard paradise
Valais, as the largest Swiss wine region, spread out over a large area, has three days for its winery open days – the other regions generally have two days. A new idea this year from the Musée du Vin et de la Vigne (MVV) in Sierre-Salgesch/Salquenen was to offer an inexpensive (CHF15) and relatively easy […]
WHO pushes for policies to cut alcohol abuse
Re-published from Ellen’s Wine World GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – “Worldwide, 3.3 million deaths in 2012 were due to harmful use of alcohol,” says the World Health Organization (WHO). The Geneva-based organization 12 May published the “Global status report on alcohol and health 2014”. The new report provides country profiles for alcohol consumption and problems such as […]