Vaud winery open days: tips for visits
GenevaLunch News LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – If you didn’t make it Saturday to the Caves Ouvertes, Vaud’s turn for wineries’ open days, it’s not too late and it’s a good option for a wet,...
View ArticleAlcohol plays big role in domestic violence
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – For nearly half of all couples touched by conjugal violence, alcohol is a factor, a new study mandated by the Federal Health Office shows. In 9 out of 10 cases, it...
View ArticleFrench minister rebuffs efforts to tax wine
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Alain Juppé, mayor of Bordeaux and French foreign minister from 2011 to 2012, has come out strongly against a French Senate pre-project to tax wine in order to...
View ArticleCFF puts on extra trains for Geneva wineries day
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva was a pioneer in the now traditional Swiss wineries open days, which has evolved into a hugely popular event in its 16th year. Basic information is...
View ArticleTips for visiting Geneva’s Caves Ouvertes
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Visiting the open day for Geneva’s wineries will probably involve less suncream than in previous years, but here are a few basic suggestions if you’re joining the...
View ArticleLittle Swiss winery proves the exception for Rhone-loving Syrahs
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Vully is a small region familiar to Swiss lovers of fine wine, but worldwide fans of popular international wine, Syrah, will scratch their heads...
View ArticleOddest little story today, Venezuela’s communion wine
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Among the many stories that have crossed my editor’s path today, this ranks as one of the oddest. Venezuela’s Catholic Church says it has a...
View ArticleTips on leaning on the sommelier, from the world’s best one
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Paolo Basso was named the World’s Best Sommelier 2013 in Tokyo 29 March, in front of an excited crowd of 4,000. “We’ve never had so much...
View ArticleForeign affairs office pushes embassies to serve Swiss wines
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss embassies will more routinely serve Swiss wines, and a wider range of them in future, the Foreign Affairs Department (FDFA) said Tuesday. New rules went into...
View ArticleMarriage of sky and Earth begets fine tea, wine
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – There is nothing quite like a sip of 100-year-old Pu’er tea unless it’s a 2009 Chateau Fleur de Petrus wine from Bordeaux. They make odd...
View ArticleSwiss wine competition draws record number entries
GenevaLunch News Winners will be named in October GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – A record number of wines, some 31,00, are entered in Switzerland’s national wine competition, a sign that times...
View ArticleOnline buying for Swiss wines gets boost (correction)
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND /AMONG THE VINES – Two specialist sellers of quality Swiss wines are combining their activities, a boost for Swiss wine fans. Cellier Romand, which has been...
View ArticleMondial du Chasselas: happy wine surprises
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND /AMONG THE VINES - The second annual world wine competition for Chasselas, a white grape variety that is well known to anyone who has enjoyed the aperitif hour in...
View ArticleThis year’s best Vaud Chasselas and other wines
GenevaLunch News MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Music and wine, a nice combo, was on the Montreux agenda late Thursday, with canton Vaud wine awards handed out. Mathieu Jaton, the new...
View ArticleSwiss wine consumption on the upswing
GenevaLunch News 5-year world wine consumption forecast shows pick-up GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – A five-year decline in wine consumption in Switzerland is coming to an end, led by a...
View ArticleSwiss absinthe wins round 1 of name fight
GenevaLunch News ZURICH, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Switzerland’s largest court has rejected three appeals from French groups who object to absinthe being a registered Protected Geographical...
View ArticleBinge, volume drinkers in more brawls
GenevaLunch News ZURICH, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Young Swiss men’s favourite drink is beer, and binge and “volume” drinkers are more likely to have traffic accidents and to get into brawls, a...
View ArticleDrink abusers could face insurance refusal
GenevaLunch News Lower house refuses minimum alcohol price and nighttime sales ban BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss parliament’s lower house has refused two restrictive measures considered as part of a...
View ArticleGrape harvest kicks off – use care on roads!
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND /AMONG THE VINES – The grape harvest begins today in most of Switzerland and you can expect to find secondary roads everywhere slowed by tractors, trailers and...
View ArticleSwiss 2013 vintage could be very good
GenevaLunch News Fed Ag station forecast is upbeat GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Cross your fingers that the weather is friendly to Swiss grapes in the next two to four weeks, as the harvest...
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