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Italians, Spaniards and French visited Swiss in November

16/01/2013 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss tourism figures showed some unusual developments in November 2013, with Italy showing the strongest growth, with overnight stays up 14 percent, France up 8.2 percent and Spain up 14 percent. Italy led the way with the largest overall increase in visitors, but European visits to Switzerland as a whole rose 2.9 […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Basel, China, French, Geneva, hotels, India, Italians, November 2012, overnight stays, Spaniards, statistics, Switzerland, tourism industry, USA

Pinots from France, Switzerland take top 5 at Mondial

30/08/2012 by Ellen Wallace

German Pinots make a strong showing GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Wines from Languedoc in France, Valais, Bern and Aargau won the top five awards at the Mondial des Pinots international wine contest, whose results were announced  30 August. The winners will receive their prizes Friday in Sierre, where 1,500 wines were judged earlier this month by […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 2012, French, German, gold medals, Grand or medal, Mondial des Pinots, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Swiss

Let them drink wine! French fight binge drinking

05/03/2010 by Ellen Wallace

France, like other European countries, is trying to work out how to best deal with teenage binge drinking and the latest advice from the experts is to offer wine tasting courses. Britain’s Guardian turned this into headline news, while France’s Le Monde relegated it to a small mention at the end of an article about […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: binge drinking, canteens, classes, courses, France, French, Introduction to wine tasting, report, students, universities, Valérie Pécresse, wine education, wine-tasting

Cave Berthaudin wine tasting at Beau Rivage

29/05/2009 by Ellen Wallace

The Rambling Epicure covered this Cave Berthaudin’s spring wine tasting and gala dinner at the Beau Rivage in Ellen Wallace’s blog Among the vines.

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: beau rivage, berthaudin, Carouge, cave, Foodie news and events, France, French, Geneva, geneve, Italian, Italy, Lake Geneva, Lebanese, restaurant, suisse, Swiss, Switzerland, Vaud, vin, Where to buy it, wine, wine-tasting

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