If I told you this is a red wine, and so is the next one, and the next, I would not be wrong. But it wouldn’t tell you much. And yet, the first thing we know about a wine, most of the time, is what it looks like. Being bewitched by a wine is a […]
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Surprise memory of Pesquera
I was searching for Pesquera Tinto wine, wondering how prices for this lovely Spanish red wine compare – the answer is, the price ranges from CHF24 in Switzerland to $45 online in the US, which makes no sense. My search took me to the Pesquera home page and – what a surprise – I found […]
Mediterranean diet very clear winner for cardiovascular problems
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – In a rare move, a medical study of a Mediterranean diet’s impact on cardiovascular problems proved so conclusive the study was abandoned early, after nearly five years. The study, published 25 February in the New England Journal of Medicine, included 7,447 persons considered at risk, and it put them on three diets. […]
The smart guys’ lunch? green tea, chocolate, fruit and red wine
Swiss cognitive function, measured in Nobels, and chocolate consumption, measured by sales, both high GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A tip, maybe, from the Swiss, who are the world’s innovation winners and who, by 2011, had garnered more Nobel prizes per capita than any other nation: keep eating certain fruits and chocolate and drinking green tea and […]
Aigle Gamay 2009 Les Celliers du Chablais
Wine tasting notes, Swiss red wines (blind tasting) wine video, red Red wine, fruity yet somber, slightly spicy, dry Grape variety: Gamay Winery: Les Celliers du Chablais Location: Aigle, Vaud Price at the winery: CHF18.00 View this wine reviewed in French by Laurent Probst and in German by Gabriel Tinguely Complete list of GenevaLunch Swiss […]