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Vintners raise a glass to excellent harvest
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Winemakers produced more than 1.1 million hectolitres from the 2011 harvest, which was 4.3 per cent above the average amount of the past five years. The Agriculture Office said the exceptionally warm spring and sunny and dry late summer and autumn were key factors contributing to the quality of the crop. The unseasonably warm April…
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Tests found alcohol was sold to the underaged in 34.4 per cent of cases during the season 2010/2011 compared with in 61.6 per cent of cases in the season 2009/2010. Under Swiss law beer and wine cannot be sold to anyone under 16 and spirits to people under 18. The Swiss Alcohol Board also checked…
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It found that 34 out of 82 orders (41.5 per cent) carried out on the internet by minors in spring 2011 were successful. The results of this pilot test have been published in the latest edition of the board’s Alcohol and Politics magazine. Under Swiss law beer and wine cannot be sold to anyone under…
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