LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The art of aging beautifully has not always been appreciated by lovers of Swiss wines, but a group that includes many of the country’s best producers is working steadily to change this. The Memoire des Vins Suisse (MDVS) is a group that meets once a year to taste the wines in their […]
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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 […]
Vaud winery takes top Alpine red wine prize
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – David Kind is a small wine producer with a prodigious talent for good wines and he’s just been amply rewarded for his work at the annual 7 Ceps wine competition in Bourg-en-Bresse, France. The competition brings together producers from seven wine regions around Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak: […]
Swiss first-ever food & wine week kicks off
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Swiss wine producers and Swiss restaurants have a treat in store for diners over the next 10 days, as the first-ever Swiss Wine Week gets underway. Diners can go to the web site and search for a restaurant using the map, where each dot represents a restaurant taking […]
Restaurants join Swiss Wine Week
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – More than 120 restaurants have joined a new wine & dine project to encourage the public to discover, or re-discover Swiss wines, especially those from areas beyond their own corner of the country. The first Swiss Wine Week will run from 28 November to 6 December, throughout Switzerland. […]