LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Your starting point should be the GenevaLunch news story on the event, with some real changes this year that promise to make it easier, more fun and a great way to learn about Switzerland’s often excellent local wines. You’ll get the most out of the visits if a) you spit out the […]
Chasselas
Introducing our new Swiss wine review videos!
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – GenevaLunch is proud to present: the first video reviews of Swiss wines! I’m part of a three-language team, under the aegis of romanduvin.ch, which is starting a series of professional, independent reviews of Swiss wines by wine journalists, in video format. We did our first series last month, and I’ll be posting […]
Wineries to visit in Vaud this weekend
Vaud is having a turn at the Open Days for its wineries Friday 21 and Saturday 22 May, hot on the heels of the successful similar event in Valais. The list of 300 wineries is daunting, however, so I’ve put together a list of a small number of my favourites, cellars I am happy to […]
Manage your Arvinis visit: winery tweets (update)
Update 21:30 I’ve started tweeting wineries + 1 type of wine for each, some of my top picks among the Swiss wines at Arvinis, in addition to the California and selected Swiss tasting notes I’ve already posted here. It’s always hard to decide which ones are worth a stop and once there, what wines to […]
Lecture (Fre): birthplace of Chasselas
Title: Lecture (Fre): birthplace of Chasselas Location: Mont-sur-Rolle wine museum Link out: Click here Description: José Vouillamoz of the Uni. of Neuchatel\’s national research centre for plant survival on where Chasselas, the grape for which Switzerland is widely known, comes from, based on genetic studies of over 100 plants in Europe and Middle East. CHF15 […]