donderdag 23 mei 2013

Article Swiss Wine Country - Anna Braakman


Motivation - Zester daily
Zester Daily is an award-winning online destination for food, wine and travel enthusiasts eager to discover what’s new and delicious in the world. Their mission is to promote spirited, intelligent dialogue about what we eat and drink — a critical step toward establishing a more healthful, environmentally sustainable and just food culture.
This is an excellent website where food enthusiasts would come to gather information about where to eat or to get inspiration for cooking themselves. The article that I have selected is about Swiss wines. It gives a well-written review about having a vineyard, which is not like any other wine producing country. Due to steep slopes, tending vines is very demanding, and mostly done by hand. The Swiss wines are mostly subtle and refreshing and do not come in great quantities. That’s why Swiss wines seldom travel outside Switzerland. You can say that the Swiss wine market is a niche. 


Article Switzerlands Wines - Annette Dekker


This article is about the wine market in Switzerland. In total Switzerland has about 14.500 hectares of vineyards. This might not be as much as the leader in the amount of wineyards: Spain with 1.113.000 hectares. Most wines in Switzerland are produced for their own market, niche markets such as the US and UK still do import Swiss wines. The four biggest swiss wine regions are: Geneva, Ticino, Valais and Vaud. The best known white grape in Switzerland is the Chasselas and the best known red grape is the Gamay and the Pinot Noir. Most Swiss wines are blends but also available as varietals.
I think that this is a really nice and interesting article about the wines in Switzerland. Especially when the book we did our research about is also from the great sommelier: Thérèse Boer.

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