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August 2018

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  • Friday 03 August 18

Swiss wines are a celebration of difference

Most of Switzerland's small landmass may be covered by mountains, but it's still home to thousands of growers who have maintained a resolutely Swiss identity through the grape varieties that they

June 2018

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  • Monday 25 June 18

More than 2860 entries for the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse despite 2017's low harvest

Grand Prix du Vin Suisse co-organisers VINEA Association and Vinum magazine are delighted to announce the 2018 edition of the leading competition for Swiss wines, to be held June 25th – 30th.
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  • Monday 11 June 18

How to hike the Swiss Wine Trail in Lavaux (and taste it, too)

There is a saying that the Swiss don't export wine because they like to keep it all to themselves.

May 2018

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  • Sunday 27 May 18

Your Next Favorite European Wine Region...

Your next visit to a European wine country isn’t in France, Italy or Spain. The wine in this country is so good, they don’t want to export it — keeping 98% for themselves.
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  • Monday 21 May 18

Off track: Swiss trains slammed for snubbing local wines

It's one of the great pleasures of life in Switzerland – sitting with a glass of (overpriced) wine in the restaurant car of a train and watching the spectacular scenery roll by.
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  • Wednesday 16 May 18

Has wine gone bad?

If you were lucky enough to dine at Noma, in Copenhagen, in 2011 – which had just been crowned as the “best restaurant in the world” – you might have been served one of its signature dishes: a sin
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  • Wednesday 09 May 18

Swiss Wine Campus

Dear friends of swiss wine, Dear producers,
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  • Thursday 03 May 18

Why Swiss Wines Continue To Impress

Although only a miniscule percentage of

April 2018

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  • Wednesday 25 April 18

World of Wines Expo 2018: The Best of Swiss Wine

For the past three years, Les Roches students have organised the World of Wines exhibition.
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  • Friday 13 April 18

On balance (an open letter to Elisabeth Pasquier)

Dear Elisabeth, when last we saw each other, rushing at the end of yet another wine tasting (so many in 17 years!), we promised to have coffee or tea, perhaps a verbena, some morning, “soon, s