Geneva: What is changing is the steady recent climb in the number of unusual wines that you might not expect to find here.
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Uncork now: Dôle, Cornalin
What to uncork, 10 January – January is a month when I’m not ready for heavy reds again -I want hearty vegetables, a bit less meat, plenty of exercise.
It’s Swiss wine awards time!
Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, Gault&Millau For Swiss wineries, the big awards of the year were handed out tonight in Bern, at the gala dinner that brings to a close the annual Grand Prix du Vin Suisse competition. There are some beauties here – you should not lack for interesting and very pleasing new wines […]
Swiss wine news: Geneva, Vaud official “selections” winners named
Cantons Geneva and Vaud this week announced the winners of their “Selections”, the official wine competitions that each year name the best local wines in several categories. For Geneva, the wines are blind-tasted by a group of professionals trained by the cantonal wine office; the winners then represent the canton at several other wine competitions, […]
Zurich, with wine on the brain
Switzerland has such distinctly different areas that when you live in one you really have to move around and visit others to make sense of the whole. I’m spending a couple of days out of my French comfort zone to stumble and mumble in greater Zürich. With wine on the brain, of course. Thursday evening […]