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Swiss wine: a beginner’s guide

This content was published on Sep 15, 2003 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…

Valais vines reach for the summits

This content was published on Sep 14, 2003 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 the…

Electronics giants pin their hopes on flat screens

This content was published on Sep 14, 2003 Dealers have been looking at what consumers might be tempted to buy in future, with a particular eye on the Christmas season. High above Lake Lucerne, at the Swiss Holiday Park in Morschach, some 2,000 dealers were given an insight into the products expected to take off in the next months and years. The show…

Wine technology – an ancient obsession

This content was published on Sep 13, 2003 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…

Kudelski posts modest profit

This content was published on Sep 12, 2003 A recovery in the digital TV market helped the firm recover from a net loss of SFr17.9 million last year. Kudelski was widely tipped to post an improvement on last year’s first-half result. The company still made an operating loss of SFr6.36 million in the first six months of the year. But it beat analysts’…

Bon viveurs wine and dine in Ticino hideaway

This content was published on Sep 12, 2003 The Fattoria L’Amorosa – owned by one of the region’s biggest winemakers – also offers exquisite accommodation for those in search of natural beauty and rustic charm. Owner Angelo Delea says the idea of setting up his farmhouse-style retreat came about when he decided to expand his wine emporium in 1998. “I bought up this…

Sipping in the city – Zurich’s urban vineyards

This content was published on Sep 11, 2003 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,…

Deiss defends Swiss farming at Cancun

This content was published on Sep 11, 2003 Speaking at the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference at Cancun, Mexico, Deiss also said Switzerland was prepared to make substantial concessions. He told the 5,000 delegates that Switzerland wanted to strike a balance between protection of the country’s agriculture and the liberalisation of the markets. “Switzerland is ready to make concessions,” said Deiss, who…

Swiss People’s Party

This content was published on Sep 10, 2003 Ueli Maurer, president The forerunner of the People’s Party represented “farmers, traders and Swiss citizens” from rural areas. At the end of the First World War it grew into an opposition movement to the Radicals and eventually won a cabinet seat in 1929. It merged with a number of smaller, regional parties to become the…

Insurers’ burden cut at pensioners’ expense

This content was published on Sep 10, 2003 From January 1, 2004, insurers will have to deliver only a 2.25 per cent rate of return on pensions, compared with four per cent a year ago. The move coincided with demonstrations across Switzerland protesting against plans to reduce state pensions. Although the protests were not as big as unions had hoped for, they are…

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