FEATURE: Variety becomes Geneva winemakers’ popular calling card Perfumed, crisp and best drunk young – in the next two years – was the general verdict on Geneva’s 2006 white wines, presented to the public Monday at La Colombière in Lully. The reds have plenty of tannin, are well-balanced and can be drunk relatively young but […]
Swiss wine
Arvinis wine fair offers train rebates
Morges, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Arvinis, Switzerland’s largest wine fair, will pull in some 18,000 people to sample wine from 130 exhibitors before the event closes Monday evening, with most of them visiting this weekend. To make it easier to taste and not worry about driving, Arvinis reduces the entry by Sfr5 if you show your […]
Feature: Sealed with a kiss (bottling the wine)
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a year-long series on the life of a Vaudois winemaker, or vigneron, in the Lake Geneva region. GL follows Raymond Paccot and Domaine La Colombe in Féchy from the 2006 harvest to the next one in 2007. (click on photos to view larger) Bottling the wine For three […]