Expovina - How Switzerland does Wine

Last Saturday Kevin and I attended an amazing wine tasting event on Lake Zurich called Expovina. It's an annual wine expo held on 12 docked boats.  Each boat is filled with wine vendor booths where you can taste and then order bottles of wine for either pick up or delivery.  Some of the boats are restaurants, which is much needed after all those tastings!  We only made it to two boats followed by dinner at a fondue restaurant on board, but we definitely got our money's worth out of the 20 CHF entry fee.  We spent about 3-4 hours at the tasting and came away with 41 bottles ordered!  The last booth we visited, Louis Bovard winery, is where 1/2 of our 41 bottle order came from.  Our large order was due in part to the effects of all the previous tastings,  but mainly due to a charming and informative elderly wine rep and some impressive wines.  Louis Bovard is a Swiss winery located in the French region of Switzerland, so we are supporting the local economy!  Yuh know cause Switzerland is in such dire need of an economical boost. The remainder of our order featured wines from Spain, Portugal, South Africa, Australia, and Argentina.  So if you needed another incentive to come visit we now have quite the wine selection for you to enjoy during your stay. If interested here's the links for Expovina and the Louis Bovard Winery.

One of the South African wines we ordered.  Kevin actually visited this vineyard on his 2010 World Cup trip.

Expovina!

Our fellow wine tasters.

View of the Wine Boats