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Archives for June 2007

FEATURE / A year in the life of a vigneron: a time to plant

30/06/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a year-long series on the life of a Vaudois winemaker, or vigneron, in the Lake Geneva region. GL follows Raymond Paccot and Domaine La Colombe in Féchy from the 2006 harvest to the next one in 2007. (click on photos to view larger)  Féchy, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Community, Feature, Food and Drink, Lake Geneva region, Swiss news

Lavaux named World Heritage site

28/06/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Lavaux, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The word in from New Zealand this morning was good news for Lavaux: the Unesco World Heritage sites committee has voted to include the collection of 14 villages and their terraced vineyards as one of the Unesco proteccted sites. The group also announced that it has agreed to extend the […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Community, Favorite regional places, Lake Geneva region, Swiss news, travel

Lavaux holds breath on Unesco World Heritage decision

27/06/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Lavaux, Vaud (Le Temps, Fre) – If all goes well and the Unesco World Heritage sites committee votes in its favour, the 14 villages near Lausanne that make up Lavaux will be ringing their church bells Thursday at 10:00. It has taken Lavaux’s population 1,000 years to carve out the impressive 800 ha of terraced […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Community, Favorite regional places, Lake Geneva region, Swiss news, travel

Switzerland opens Loetschberg, world’s third longest train tunnel

15/06/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Rarogne, Valais, Switzerland (Le Temps, Fre) – The world’s third longest train tunnel officially opened Friday. The 34.6km stretch between Rarogne in canton Valais and Frutigen, Bern, took eight years to complete. Le Temps recalls the history of its construction in a photo gallery. Longer tunnels: Sai-kan in Japan and the Eurotunnel. The new Gotthard […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Computers and technology, Swiss news, travel

Loetschberg Tunnel opens Friday after 8 years work

14/06/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Loetschberg, Valais, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – The Loetschberg train tunnel opens officially Friday after eight years of work. The new tunnel creates an opening between the north and south sides of the Alps to the north of the Rhone River. The official ceremonies Friday are followed Saturday by the public opening and seven months of […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Swiss news, travel

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