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2017 white wines at Arvinis

26/04/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

People have been telling me that 2017 was a very good year for most Swiss wines and last night I rushed around (not ideal, but …leave yourself more time than I did) tasting some of them at Arvinis in Montreux. They were consistently good, complex and fresh and very promising. Keep in mind that most […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: 2017, Arvinis, Chateau Maison Blanche Grand Cru Yvorne Chablais, Jean Daniel Suardet, Montreux, Savagnin Blanc, Swiss, white

Travels in Sardinia: a tourist’s tips

09/03/2017 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Where is this place? Personally, and I blush to say it, a year ago I was sure only that Sardinia was an island, part of Italy, somewhere near Sicily. Obviously, I have never sailed in the Mediterranean. When I was invited on an educational trip to learn about Cannonau wines, I dashed to Google Maps. I then […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Agriturismo, Alghero, Alitalia, Arbatax, Cagliari, Camisadu, Cannonau, Easyjet, Grenache, Grotta su Marmuri, La Bitta hotel, Museum of Mediterranean Masks, Olbia, Oliona, polyphonic singing, Sardinia, Su Gologone, Swiss, Unesco list, Vueling

Swiss continue to drink 1.6 litres of spirits a year

19/02/2013 by Ellen Wallace

Figure well below that for UK, France GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss continue to hold a steady line on their consumption of spirits, at about 1.6 litres per person a year for the past 10 years. Consumption has risen slightly, new figures from the Federal Bureau for Alcohol show, but in line with the rising […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: absinthe, alcohol, annual, consumption, exports, per capita, spirits, Swiss, wine

Pinots from France, Switzerland take top 5 at Mondial

30/08/2012 by Ellen Wallace

German Pinots make a strong showing GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Wines from Languedoc in France, Valais, Bern and Aargau won the top five awards at the Mondial des Pinots international wine contest, whose results were announced  30 August. The winners will receive their prizes Friday in Sierre, where 1,500 wines were judged earlier this month by […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 2012, French, German, gold medals, Grand or medal, Mondial des Pinots, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Swiss

GL travel writer gives hitchhiking tips to Chinese

26/03/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Liam Bates, who has occasionally contributed to GenevaLunch for the past four years as a travel writer, is interviewed in English Tuesday 22 March by China Daily about the art of hitchhiking in China. “Smile” is the first tip, as he recounts his travels across the country. GenevaLunch readers will recognize him as one of […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: China, China Daily, Dream Ski Week, hitch-hiking, Liam Bates, Swiss

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