Colour: white Grape: Chasselas Name: “Au Fosseau” Vaud 1er Grand Cru 2012 Winery: Le Capitaine Location: Begnins, canton Vaud Robe: pale gold Nose: floral, delicate Mouth: Typically mineral Remarks: The 2012 lacks some of the complexity of the 2011, but like its older brother is a wine that will keep well: drink it now and […]
Swiss wine
How to learn French in a hurry: drink Swiss wine
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I’ve been following Ta-Nehisi Coates’s rollercoaster ride to speaking perfect French – he writes for The Atlantic, and I’m an old fan of the magazine. I suddenly realized he was going to be spending four days in Montreux, a serious crash course to maitriser la langue even though my sense of Montreux […]
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, […]
Belmont man wins Grandvaux wine label art contest
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Seventy-eight artists competed for the annual “Grandvaux village de l’etiquette” wine label design contest. The theme for 2010 was “Fleurs et Fragrances” (flowers and fragrances), and the winner of both the judges’ first place award and the popular prize was Alain Depierraz of Belmont, near Lausanne.
Swiss wines get boost at home, abroad
Sierre, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Vinea, a Valais-based association that was created 15 years ago to showcase the wines of Switzerland’s largest wine-producing canton, has grown into a major player in the wine world, far beyond its original Valais borders. Tuesday evening the group gave itself a new structure to better place it to educate the […]