Winners of the Swiss organic (bio) wines awards have been named. Top winners: Best organic white wine: Solaris 2014 | Bioweingut Sitenrain | Meggen | Lucerne Best organic red wine: Iselisberg Cuvée Noir 2013 | Bioweingut Karin und Roland Lenz | Uesslingen | Thurgovie Swiss Organic Winemaker of the Year: Bioweingut Karin und Roland Lenz […]
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Swiss aid group says organic needed to end hunger
Developing countries benefit from mixed agriculture BERN, SWITZERLAND – Mixed cultivation and cooperative farming appear to be giving new hope to farmers in northern Nicaragua that they will be able to better feed themselves in the future, says Swissaid. The aid organization receives a little more than one-third of its CHF16.9 million budget from the […]
Ferney-Voltaire annual organic market
Regional, certified organic growers meet twice a year in Ferney-Voltaire for an outdoor bio market.
Rioja organic wines visit Lausanne tonight
WORLD WINES – This just in the door: the public is invited to a wine-tasting that is out of the ordinary, from 16:00-20:00 Tuesday 30 April, at the Lausanne Palace, rue du Grand-Chène 7, 1003 Lausanne (I’m also posting this on our new events site). Seven organic wineries from Rioja who are looking for an […]
An amazing 2004 organic white, still young and fresh
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss white wines are so often drunk young that it’s a surprise to find an older one. Chasselas vertical tastings are becoming popular, thanks to efforts by wine producers in Vaud in particular, and we now know that some of them age beautifully and within 10 years they can develop new notes […]