EURO 2008 INFO

Ten of the 12 wines Official Euro 2008 are from the vineyard Vaud. A raw Geneva and Valais complement "the team of Swiss wines," presented by the house Schenk SA, based in Rolle (VD), as "ambassadors of the Swiss wine world."

How to explain that the Valais, which includes one third of the vineyard of the country has one representative and that no trace of wines neuchâtelois, Ticino Swiss or German? "It's true that we could offer more wines from Valais," Eddy Eckert, sales manager at Schenk in Switzerland.

"But the final choice returned to UEFA and the Austrian company DO & CO who oversees the catering linked to the Euro. After signing an exclusive contract, they submitted a quarantine of raw and ultimately, they made their choice that we must respect. "

"We're going to drink Swiss, but the main thing is!"

On the whole, winemakers are romands fair play.

At Geneva. "As long as Swiss drinks, it does me pose no problem! That would have hurt that offers Australian wines or California during the Euro. These are not wines behind bundles, but at quality-price, one can be trusted at home Schenk who has kidney solid and whose service quality is just perfect, "notes Stephane Gros, Dardagny.

"I'm not frustrated. Considering the size of our vineyard, a wine Geneva twelve seems to me correct. But it would be especially benefited from the euro to promote and present the Swiss wines as a whole, with a merlot of Ticino or pinot noir Graubunden, "says Daniel Santschi of the Cave of Geneva.

In Valais. "It does not shock me, even if we would have preferred another breakdown ... The remains essential to highlight the Swiss label "for Patrice Walpen, Son of Charles Favre SA.

At Neuchatel. "We regret the absence of wines neuchâtelois in the selection, but it is quite understandable since the house Schenk does not distribute our products," says Edmée Rembault-Necker, the Office of wines and local produce .