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 […]
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Alcohol abuse costs Swiss CHF632 each
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The “social cost” of alcohol abuse in Switzerland in 2010 was CHF4.2 billion according to a study published 20 March by the Swiss Public Health Office. Switzerland has 6.7 million people over the age of 15: the cost to the economy comes to CHF632 per person over age 15, argues Bern. The […]
WHO recommends sharp sugar cuts
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Health Organization is recommending that adults consume no more than about 25 grams of sugar (roughly 6 teaspoons) a day, limiting intake to 5 percent of total calories consumed, a figure that has not been seen in many parts of the industrialized world since the 1800s (source: Planetoscope) The new […]
Swiss eaux-de-vie production, worst-ever year
Weather, poor harvest lead to sharp drop BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss production of eaux-de-vie fell sharply in 2013, thanks to “capricious weather and a poor fruit harvest” that was due only in part to the cyclical nature of fruit, the federal Alcohol Office said Monday. Overall, 11,583 hectolitres of pure alcohol (100%) were distilled, well […]
Binge, volume drinkers in more brawls
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Young Swiss men’s favourite drink is beer, and binge and “volume” drinkers are more likely to have traffic accidents and to get into brawls, a new survey shows. A survey of 5,400 men with an average age of 20 in Switzerland, carried out by the Institute of Social […]