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What are the origins of the Fête des Vignerons?

Daniele Finzi Pasca, the artistic director of the Fête des Vignerons 2019, talks to swissinfo.ch about the early history of the unique winemakers’ festival that takes place every 20 years in the Swiss town of Vevey. The colourful pageant started in 1797.

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Born in London, Simon is a multimedia journalist who has worked for www.swissinfo.ch since 2006. He speaks French, German and Spanish and focuses on science, technology and innovation issues.


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