For months I've been planning to bring my knowledge of the wines at La Cave de Genève up to date. I have tasted the improvements in the canton's wines, and given that this winery is the largest one, […]
Aerial views, Geneva vineyards
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Flying from Geneva to London on Tuesday the pilot kindly took us over the canton's beautiful vineyards, first Satigny, a bit of Peney, then Russin and Dardagny, as we followed […]
Top Swiss wines 2015 announced (update, list)
Winners list now availableGENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The wines that won gold and silver medals at the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse (GPVS), the Swiss wine national competition, have been announced, an […]
Swiss wine news roundup: Hublot’s winner, Vinea full, Geneva winners, Giroud
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - It's a busy wine news season in Switzerland. A corporate wine for watch clients; Vaud in JapanHigh-end watchmaker Hublot last week named Patrick Fonjallaz's "Dézaley de […]
Geneva’s open house: seek special treasures
Geneva holds its wineries' open house day this Saturday, 30 May, a great chance to discover some of the little treasure chest wines hidden there. Grape names you rarely hear in Switzerland, or at […]
Geneva’s new kosher wine on sale soon
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Geneva now has a kosher wine, produced by David Sossauer at the Domaine des Pendus in Peney. Sossauer says he was intrigued by the project, the brainchild of wine merchant David […]
Talking to Peter Greenberg about Swiss wine
Live streaming Saturday of the interview Peter Greenberg did with me a week ago, about Swiss wines. I'm keeping good company, with others interviewed for this show including President of the […]
Before the Easter feast
We always had a light supper on Easter Saturday when I was growing up: it was the end of Lent in my Catholic household, but there was the promise of a big Easter Sunday dinner. It was a time for […]
Gault & Millau, a bounty of Swiss goodness
Geneva's Hôtel de la Paix is French area promotion of the year Sommelier of the Year: Jérôme Aké BédaBASEL, SWITZERLAND - Basel has the latest addition to Switzerland's extraordinary collection […]
Geneva Marathon runners get tap, not bottled water
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - More than 10,000 runners are registered for the Geneva Marathon for Unicef, three weeks before the 3-4 May event. And this year they'll find there's a difference: their […]