GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Federal Agriculture Office couldn’t have given Swiss wineries a better gift for Easter than the latest figures that show consumers are drinking more Swiss wine and imports are gently sliding. The FAO notes in publishing its 2013 wine statistics that a special situation last year might account for part of this: […]
Memoire des Vins Suisses
Trésors des Vins Suisses: tasting session, 10 vintages, open to public
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – If you’re near Bellinzona Thursday 14 March, this is a not-to-be-missed opportunity: the Mémoire des Vins Suisses annual tasting session open to the public, where you can taste vintages from the past 10 years of some of Switzerland’s finest wines. The wines are from the Trésors des Vins Suisses collection, or wine […]
Memoire des Vins Suisses group enlarged
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Memoire des Vins Suisses (MDVS) group of elite wine producers has just added 10 new members, a significant change, with nine of them not producers, but individuals who actively promote Swiss wines through their work. The Jean René Germanier winery in Vétroz, which left the group in 2008, has returned, bringing […]
Old is beautiful, and Swiss wines are no exception
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss, for those who don’t know it yet, are very good at whipping up extraordinary gastronomic feasts. Switzerland has 100 Michelin starred restaurants in 2013, one of the highest per capita ratings in the world, and it has local wines that can hold their own at such meals. It’s not surprising, […]
Agenda: the season for tasting new wines is upon us
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Put these dates on your wine-tasting calendar, with 2010 whites freshly bottled in Switzerland: Whet your appetite as the tasting season opens by learning more about Chasselas, aka fendant in canton Valais: the Wine museum in Sierre, canton Valais, has a wonderful lecture series and 7 April you have a chance […]