Quality label for wine seeks to shine GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Terravin, Vaud wine quality label organization, says it will be making changes in 2015 to help consumers understand that it isn’t a competition, but a quality label. It will keep the colour gold but probably move away from a sticker to a collar for the […]
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Falling in love again: Vully
There are many wonderful things about wine, not least of which it allows you to keep falling in love! Occasional bouts of jealousy among the lovers is completely manageable, happily. Yesterday I fell in love yet again, this time with the Swiss region of Vully and in particular with the village of Môtier, which must […]
No drunks allowed (no problem)!
This is one of the stranger antidotes to drunkenness that’s come my way, and I’m still musing – does it make sense? Would I want to do it? What’s the logic here? Esquire has a blog on how to drink all night and not get drunk, by Aaron Goldfarb. It’s well-written and fun and very […]
Why the Swiss are drinking more Swiss wine
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Federal Agriculture Office couldn’t have given Swiss wineries a better gift for Easter than the latest figures that show consumers are drinking more Swiss wine and imports are gently sliding. The FAO notes in publishing its 2013 wine statistics that a special situation last year might account for part of this: […]
Chasselas fight divides the Swiss
Time for an ode to my adopted home country’s wine LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Chasselas-bashing and ardent defenses are suddenly fashionable in Swiss wine circles, puzzling to any outsiders who’ve fallen in love with the eponymous Vaudois white wine. The wine is also widely made in Geneva and, under the name fendant, in canton Valais. Think […]