I headed for the Gard region to learn more about French organic wines; during my stay I was hosted by Domaine de Gressac.The owners, who are Swiss, and who previously worked in Geneva, were keen […]
The organic orgy
We're all going to the organic ballImagine giving a party where you invite everyone you know and tell them to bring their friends. “Be prepared to strip down to the bare essentials, or less.” A […]
Swiss franc, wine buying: jury still out
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Currency swings prompt a type of reporting all their own, and it isn't the best journalism, stories pushed into an editor's assumptions. It's an approach akin to trying to fit a […]
Generic absinthe makes the heart grow fonder
Neuchatel town loses its battle to claim absinthe PGI statusZURICH, SWITZERLAND - Absinthe, Fée Verte and La Bleue can't be claimed by the Neuchatel town of Val-de-Travers for PGI (protected […]
World wine consumption stable, production up
Spain now 2nd largest producerGENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The world's wine drinkers are holding steady, consuming nearly 239 million hecolitres of wine in 2013, the OIV (International Organisation of […]