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The new Gotthard base tunnel will be inaugurated this weekend and it has its official wines. They were born thanks to a partenrship between ​​Ticinowine and Coop.

Grand concours pour les producteurs, distributeurs et importateurs de vins issus du cépage Merlot pur ou d’assemblage à base de Merlot, sous les patronages de l’OIV, de l’UIOE, de l’USOE et membre de VINOFED.

Le Mondial du Merlot&Assemblages, organisé par VINEA, a vu la participation de 420 vins de plus de 230 producteurs de 22 pays différents. Le jury qui a siégé à Sierre Suisse a décerné 42 médailles d’Or à des crus d’exception et une médaille Grand Or – la plus haute distinction – à un merlot d’Uruguay.

La dixième confrontation qualitative des meilleurs Syrah du Monde^® s'est déroulée du 11 au 13 mai 2016 à  Ampuis dans le cadre du Château d'Ampuis (Côte du Rhône septentrionale, France).

Swiss Wine Promotion is pleased to announce the next Swiss open wineries event to be held over four weekends in six different wine regions across the country between April 29 and May 29, 2016.

More than 100,000 visitors

What began in Geneva and the German speaking part of Switzerland as a regional event has become the national meeting for producers and their audience. More than half of Swiss producers participate and attract more than 100,000 people each year.

With more than 700 wineries taking part in 6 different regions, the Swiss open wineries are the meeting point for every wine lover. From Geneva to Romanshorn and Mendrisio, discover the treasures of Swiss wines.

La Fédération suisse des vignerons (FSV) se dote d’un nouveau président

La 23e confrontation qualitative des meilleurs Chardonnay du Monde s’est déroulée du 8 au 11 mars 2016 dans le cadre du Château des Ravatys, Domaine Viticole de l’Institut Pasteur à Saint Lager, ville internationale de la vigne et du vin, au cœur de l’appellation Brouilly au pied du Mont Brouilly en Bourgogne viticole. De nombreuses caves suisses y ont participés et glânés des médailles.

The death of Benoît Violier leaves the Swiss wines orphans. This great leader –of French origin- loved Switzerland to the point of becoming Swiss, just one year ago. "We are Swiss! When we travel around Europe (my wife and I), we are (called) the Swiss," he confided to Darius Rochebin during a very emotional recent TV interview, joking about the French media who rarely mentioned his dual nationality...

Robert Parker's magazine rated wines from the indigenous Swiss grape Chasselas (or Fendant) produced mainly in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Stephan Reinhardt, the appointed critic of this important magazine in the world of wine, tasted a hundred of our Chasselas - 20 got 87 points and more. The most rated estate of this tasting is the Domaine Louis Bovard in Cully.