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Vermouth: 10 things I learned in Barcelona

20/11/2017 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

When was the last time someone told you they love vermouth? I’ve just spent 4 days tasting vermouth and when I tell people this I get odd looks and grimaces. There’s a vague idea that it is old-fashioned, too sweet, not trendy, and besides, what exactly do you do with it or like about it? […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: absinthe, Barcelona, bars, Catalonia, cocktails, France, Italy, manhattan, martini, Reus, vermouth, vermut, wormwood

Generic absinthe makes the heart grow fonder

12/08/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Neuchatel town loses its battle to claim absinthe PGI status ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Absinthe, Fée Verte and La Bleue can’t be claimed by the Neuchatel town of Val-de-Travers for PGI (protected geographical indication) status, a Swiss federal high court ruled 12 August. The court in St Gallen overturned an August 2012 decision by the Federal […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: absinthe, Fée verte, France, IGP, La Bleue, PGI, ruling, Swiss high court decision

Swiss continue to drink 1.6 litres of spirits a year

19/02/2013 by Ellen Wallace

Figure well below that for UK, France GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss continue to hold a steady line on their consumption of spirits, at about 1.6 litres per person a year for the past 10 years. Consumption has risen slightly, new figures from the Federal Bureau for Alcohol show, but in line with the rising […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: absinthe, alcohol, annual, consumption, exports, per capita, spirits, Swiss, wine

Absinthe, Fée verte and La Bleue: they’re officially Swiss now

16/08/2012 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – One of the most famous drinks of 19th century Europe finally has its place at home in Switzerland, with a decision by the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) Thursday 16 August to give IGP status to the names Absinthe, Fée verte and La Bleue. IGP (indications géographiques protégées), officially known as Protected […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: absinthe, AOC, Fée verte, IGP, La Bleue, Switzerland, Val-de-Travers

Swiss food treasures list runs from absinthe to zwieback

09/12/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland has just inventoried its food, or at least 404 products that it considers part of its cultural heritage. The joy of eating in Switzerland includes Geneva’s Christmas vegetable, cardon, dried meat from Valais and Rivella and zwieback. Rivella is a commercial brand, but nevertheless a Swiss culinary invention.

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: absinthe, caramels a la creme, cardon, food inventory, Rivella, Swiss culinary, Swiss food, zweiback

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