Latest review of Vineglorious! Switzerland’s Wondrous World of Wines, from Wine-searcher international magazine/wine database. You might also want to check out my comment at the end, with some responses and information about the upcoming index, whose publication was delayed a bit. All reviews and media mentions of the book
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Ye olde blogs, a tribute
Yesterday I had a brief conversation with a man who mentioned he’d started blogging in 2005, when almost no one was doing it because blogging platforms were such a new thing. It got me thinking about those early days, so I went back and had a look at what I was writing and photographing on […]
Five wines for Chinese visitors
Last week I gave a presentation on Swiss wines and led a tasting session of five wines from western Switzerland for a group of 30 Chinese managers from Harbin. They are following a three-week intensive course at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz’s International Programme in Solothurn. Strong interest, lively discussions and wonderful questions all around. Here are […]
Swiss economy: jobless rate down, tourism and consumer mood stable
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss unemployment rate fell from 3.3 to 3.2 percent in April, compared to March, although it was marginally higher, 0.9 percent, than in April 2013. The jobless rate for Swiss workers was 2.3 percent and for foreigners 6.5 percent in March, the most recent month for calculations. The federal government’s regular […]
Ellen’s Wine World in the news
A nice home page article on Ellen’s Wine World over at Know-it-all Passports, a regional resources centre, published 3 April 2014.