Whenever I think of gamaret I immediately think of its less assertive twin, garanoir. And whenever I think of twins I immediately think of the Silva sisters, Sheila and Sonja. The dreaded sisters were the most formidable antagonists of my childhood and the first set of twins to enter my consciousness as classmates in kindergarten. I remember […]
Month: March 2020
The Women of Swiss Wine
By most accounts Switzerland is a pretty good place to be a woman. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)—through its annual Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI)—Switzerland ranked first with the fewest impediments to gender equality (8.1%), ahead of next-in-line Denmark (10.4%) and third-place Sweden (10.5%). That’s pretty good company considering Scandinavia’s reputation […]
The Wine Advocate’s Latest Swiss Foray
It’s like a national holiday in the Confederation when The Wine Advocate shows up with new reporting on the nation’s wines. I can attest: everyone in the business is on alert — social media accounts fire-up, graphics departments get busy creating shelf-talkers and every commentator worth their weight in chasselas opines on the results. The current issue […]
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