Lake Geneva region (GenevaLunch) – Hard to believe on a damp, foggy, drizzly Friday afternoon, but the weather people at MeteoSwiss promise sunshine and warmer temperatures starting Saturday morning. By Sunday temperatures should rise to 24-25C in most of the region. Lake Geneva region – outdoors It should be perfect weather for learning all about […]
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Swiss drinking fewer foreign reds, more foreign white wines
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss carried on drinking wine in much the same way in 2008 as in 2007, consuming 2.78 million hectolitres (1 hectolitre = 100 litres or 22 gallons) of wine, roughly 36 bottles per person for the year for the permanent population of 7.7 million. But they drank less red wine […]
Swiss wine season opens: Arvinis, Geneva wineries open days, cantons’ wine calendars
Morges, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – ‘Tis the season: to taste, to buy, to settle down for a pleasant glass of Swiss wine. The winelovers’ season will be up and running this week with the opening Wednesday 24 April of the Arvinis wine fair in Morges, which annually welcomes some 20,000 visitors. Special guests for 2009 are […]
Geneva’s wines show off their aging potential
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s winemakers, playing host this week to some of Switzerland’s top wine producers, Thursday evening presented a series of wines that show off the good aging potential of the canton’s wines. The annual meeting of the Memoire des Vins Suisse (MDVS), being held in Geneva Friday 27 March, was accompanied the […]
Wine of the week: hunkering down for January with Humagne Rouge
The holidays are over, summer barbecues with cool whites and rosés are far in the distance, but there is a Swiss wine that is a delightful treat this time of year, when the snow lies round about, and roasts and stews tickle our noses. Humagne Rouge is a canton Valais wine specialty that originally hails […]