GenevaLunch - Wine consumption fell in Switzerland in 2006, after a slight increase in 2005, to 2.7 million hectolitres. Swiss wine accounted for 1.12m hectolitres, of which slightly more than half was red wine.
Imported wine consumption fell by 1.6% and Swiss wine consumed was down 4%. Stocks of white wine fell by 4.7% while red wine stocks rose 3.2%.
Source: Swiss government news (continue reading)→
TSR, Fre - Cheese has long been a national favourite food in Switzerland but the country has just broken its record for consumption, now at 20 kilos per person a year. Three-quarters of the cheese comes from Switzerland, with mozzarrella topping the list at 2.35 kg/person, followed by Gruyère at 1.68 kg and raclette, 1.30 kg.
24 Heures, Fre and GenevaLunch - Morges winemakers have agreed to create a special 2009 red wine made with wood chips from the Halle des CFF. The old oak building, for several years best known as the home to the Arvinis wine fair, will be torn down at the end of 2008 to make way for a new building complex. Arvinis will be held at the Halle this year from 18-23 April.
Wood chips were allowed in wines by the European Union in mid-2006 and Switzerland followed in November. (continue reading)→
The restaurant has an open, airy brasserie as well as an elegant and cozy dining room, where one of the options is to sit by a window that looks in on the kitchen. Here, a rare quiet moment. (continue reading)→
[Ed. note: Update Monday at 11:04 - we're now at 99,717. Earlier update Saturday, 23:34 - 98,926 and counting!]
GenevaLunch - Sometime between Sunday and Tuesday GenevaLunch will hit 100,000 pages viewed since this news site went live in June 2006. To thank our visitors we've decided to offer a wonderful lunch or dinner for two (value: SFr200) at the recently renovated L'Espanade in Aubonne, whose chef Guillaume Trouillot was selected by Gault-Millau as their "Discovery of the year 2007."
We've arrived at this point sooner than expected, which means that our traffic is increasing rapidly: GenevaLunch has on average 2,800 unique visitors a week, viewing on average nearly two pages per visit. Nearly half (47,000) of the pages viewed have been visited in the first three months of 2007. (continue reading)→
