Judges at one of Switzerland's highest courts organized a morning cocktail tasting to determine whether one company's drinks should be taxed as soft drinks, Swiss daily Tages-Ancajger reported. Two judges and a court clerk scheduled the tasting at the Federal Administrative Court in Bern. , and they were joined by representatives of the Swiss Alcohol Administration and the importer of the beverage company Bevis, according to the paper. They tried each of the company's five drinks twice - with and without ice - to check whether they were sweet enough to be labeled as lightly alcoholic drinks with a fruit flavor - "alcopop". The court confirmed that the judges ruled that the drinks tasted like "alcopop" and should be taxed accordingly.
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