Nearly one-third of the Swiss wines entered in the Bruxelles wine competition, 49 out of 166 entered, have come home with gold or silver medals; the results were announced Friday 25 May. Two won top honours with great gold medals: Viognier Blanc from Philippe Varone Vins in Sion, Valais and Yvorne Petit Vignoble Blanc vintage […]
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Vineglorious! Swiss wines book – super holidays deal
20% off for a superb gift, CHF19.20, or CHF18 each if you buy 2, plus shipping & handling. Normal price CHF24. BUY NOW Offer valid from noon Friday 8 December until noon Tuesday 12 December (order-received time counts), plus shipping & handling. Also available in bookstores in French-speaking Switzerland. Vineglorious! Switzerland’s Wondrous World of Wines: buy it […]
Restaurants gear up for Swiss Wine Week
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Restaurants throughout Switzerland are preparing to focus on Swiss wines during the third annual Swiss Wine Week scheduled for 12-22 November. It’s your best opportunity to sample Swiss wines, and not just local wines, with food designed to go with them. Lake Geneva region examples Check out the interactive map to find […]
Talking to Peter Greenberg about Swiss wine
Live streaming Saturday of the interview Peter Greenberg did with me a week ago, about Swiss wines. I’m keeping good company, with others interviewed for this show including President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, and author Anne Korkeakivi. Anne, by the way, just announced that her novel An American Family, […]
Chasselas on world wine radars
Chasselas, Switzerland’s iconic white wine, is now on the Robert Parker radar. This is clearly good news for Swiss wineries that produce it – and since it is the second-most widely planted grape in the country, this counts. Chasselas has also inched onto Jancis Robinson’s radar, and Hugh Johnson was talking happily about it back […]