It is striking that overall alcohol consumption between 1920 and 2020 almost doubled in Austria and more than doubled in Germany. In contrast, total per| Trink Magazine
In a country that consumes 99 percent of its own wine, finding a restaurant that has an extensive Swiss selection is easy, but finding a restaurant that exclusively features all the wineries and wines of a single appellation is rare. Alter Torkel in Jenins, a village in Graubünden, in eastern Switzerland, somehow miraculously fits the bill. It may not be the first restaurant to put wine before food, but I have yet to come across one that takes this philosophy to such extremes. As a balmy f...| Trink Magazine