This is a really tough one, but I’m sure you can do it! Here are the printer’s proofs. My book on Swiss wines, the first one in English in nearly 20 years, will be out in mid-August. The official launch is 6 September at the Vinea wine fair in Sierre. Put it on your calendar […]
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WHO warns that alcohol involved in 3.3 m deaths
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – “Worldwide, 3.3 million deaths in 2012 were due to harmful use of alcohol,” says the World Health Organization (WHO). The Geneva-based organization 12 May published the “Global status report on alcohol and health 2014”. The new report provides country profiles for alcohol consumption and problems such as heavy episodic drinking in the […]
Swiss wine consumption: new figures spark reactions
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss Wine Promotion, the marketing arm of the Swiss wine industry, is the latest to comment on the figures released last week by the Federal Agriculture Office, showing that Swiss wines have gained more market share at home, to the detriment of foreign wines. The SWP office in a statement points to […]
Weibo goes public – here’s what it looks like
The start of public trading of Chinese social media Weibo is making world financial news headlines today, with US media such as CNN Money urging investors in the US to exercise caution and the BBC (oddly, in an article dated 18 April 2014) wondering how it will fare, with a certain amount of fuzziness about […]
When the UK loves Syria, it’s about wine
An odd bit of news in from Drinks Business: the UK is set to become the largest importer of Syrian wine and, according to the man behind this, the wines will soon be arriving in Switzerland. The wines are from Johnny R Saadé Holdings, which include Syria’s only international wine brand, Domaine de Bargylus, according […]