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Cows for hire – farmer milks global interest

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 He put his cows up for hire on the Internet and was overwhelmed by requests from as far away as Japan, South Africa and the United States. Farmer Paul Wyler has been leasing cows to local restaurants for the past 20 years, but decided this year to advertise the scheme on the Internet. “Never in…

Milking it on an alpine farm

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 The writer was among a group of greenhorns who learned how to milk cows and make cheese at a school in the Bernese Oberland, before taking the farm reins into her own hands. The Berlin scriptwriter, Tamara Staudt, worked on a Swiss alpine farm for the first time in 2002, and the call of the…

Old mills keep turning for the tourists

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 Many of the mills, like the Schwarzwaldalp sawmill between Grindelwald and Meiringen, have been resurrected as tourist attractions. The Schwarzwaldalp sawmill was erected in 1896 in order to provide the planks, boards and beams for the construction of a grand hotel. It was the Belle Époque and tourists were flocking to the region to get…

Fast facts about Swiss wine

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 Around 55 per cent of Switzerland’s production is white wine, and 45 per cent is red wine. Only one per cent of the total wine produced in Switzerland is exported, amounting to 700,000 litres a year. Switzerland’s most important wine growing regions in terms of volume are canton Valais, Vaud, Geneva and Ticino. Switzerland produces…

Swiss wine: a beginner’s guide

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 swissinfo asked several wine experts for their recommendations. “If I was at home offering Swiss wine to a guest, I’d probably reach for one of eastern Switzerland’s wonderful Pinot Noirs,” says Zurich wine journalist Erich Grasdorf. “Perhaps one of the wines produced by Hansueli Kesselring in Thurgau. “Thurgau is not a place that’s particularly well-known…

Wine technology – an ancient obsession

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 Both men work in the lakeside town of Wädenswil: Ruffner at the Swiss agricultural research centre and Koblet at the nearby museum of winegrowing. The six hectares of vineyard cultivated by the research centre produce one of the most diverse crops in Switzerland. Since Ruffner’s team is charged with investigating the strengths and weaknesses of…

Ticino winemakers gear up for rich pickings

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 Around 70 per cent of wine production comes from the Merlot grape, but Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Semillon and Cabernet Sauvignon are also popular. Freddie Martin, a winemaker for Guido Brivio, one of Ticino’s biggest wine producers, tastes and compares dozens of wines a day to decide on the final blend – or assemblage – of…

Sipping in the city – Zurich’s urban vineyards

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 Less well known though is the city’s contribution to the Swiss wine-making industry. With 615 hectares of grapes, the canton of Zurich is the largest wine-producing region in eastern Switzerland and the sixth most important in the country as a whole. And although the vast majority of Zurich’s wines come from the canton’s rural fringe,…

Swiss Life in talks to sell Banca del Gottardo

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 Swiss Life, which has been trying to sell the bank for some time, said that it expected negotiations to be completed in the next few weeks. The company, which has gone through a painful restructuring programme after a record loss of SFr1.69 billion ($1.36 billion) in 2002, said the consortium also included swissfirst bank and…

Valais vines reach for the summits

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 Canton Valais not only has more 4,000 metre peaks than any other region of the Alps, it also boasts Switzerland’s largest winegrowing region, with 5,200 hectares of vineyards. Two things catch the eye while travelling along the Rhône River that cuts through the heart of the canton: the terraced vineyards claiming the northern slopes and…

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