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Morges wine fair, Arvinis, opens Swiss wine season

17/04/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Arvinis opens officially Wednesday evening 17 April in Morges, the unofficial start to the wine-tasting season in Switzerland. The fair, held at the CFF Halle next to the train station in Morges, attracts some 20,000 people every year during its five-day run. Visitors pay CHF35 for a glass that they carry around […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Arvinis wine fair, guide to visiting, Lebanon, Morges, Swiss wines, wine

Reminder: Arvinis “introduction to wine-tasting” Friday night

15/04/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A reminder that this is your chance to learn the basics of tasting wine, in English, combined with a visit to the Arvinis wine fair Friday night. I’ll be running the introduction to wine-tasting session at the Arvinis wine fair. We’ll taste five Swiss wines and one from Lebanon, whose producers are […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Arvinis, basics of wine-tasting, How to Taste Wine, Lebanon, wine class

World’s top Merlots are Swiss, French, Romanian and Lebanese

28/09/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Bordeaux takes top prize, Ticino winery named world champion GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Earl Roumage winery in St Germain du Puch, France, won both the Best Merlot Varietal (single grape) and the Best Foreign Varietal Merlot prizes at the Mondial du Merlot wine competition, the Vinea Association in Sierre announced Friday 28 September. Cantina Monti […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: best blend, best varietal, France, Lebanon, Merlot, Mondial du Merlot, Ticino, Vaud, Vinea Association, wine competitions

Lebanese make the world’s largest wine glass

01/11/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Guinness measured it and found it to be the world’s largest wine glass: 2.4 metres high and 1.65 metres wide, made by a group of Lebanese winemakers to promote their products, half of which are exported. Cheers! And good luck getting a manageable sip. For thier efforts, here’s a little information on Lebanese wines: It’s […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Guinness World Record, largest wine glass, Lebanon, wine, wine news

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