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Archives for July 2007

INTERVIEW / Patrick Mossu, Geneva’s new Kempinski director

29/07/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Hats off! post on killing a business hour at the Kempinski Patrick Mossu, general manager, Grand Hotel Kempinski, Geneva "We want to give the hotel back to Geneva," says Patrick Mossu, general manager of the new Grand Hotel Kempinski Geneva, a five-star hotel which 1 December 2006 took over the old Noga Hilton. "We want […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Community, Feature, Interview, Lake Geneva region, Swiss news, travel

Aigle autumn hike and wine

26/07/2007 by Ellen Wallace

By Ellen Wallace – The vines are great any time of year, but it’s hard to do better than autumn, when the vine leaves are turning the hillsides into golden mazes, fermentation is in the cool air and skies are blue. One of my own favourite areas is beyond the famous Lavaux terraced vineyards and […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Aigle, hikes, Switzerland, vineyards

No booze buying after dark, the Swiss government suggests

25/07/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – The Swiss federal health department Wednesday proposed to sharply curb sales of over-the-counter alcoholic drinks, as part of national alcoholism prevention efforts aimed particularly at young people. The department’s new guidelines call for alcohol sales to be banned from 21:00 to 07:00 in petrol stations, train stations and grocery stores. […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Food and Drink, Politics, Swiss news

FEATURE / A year in the life of a vigneron: cutting back, for more

17/07/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Editor’s note: This is the seventh 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 and see more images (paccot_vinetrimming) […]

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

Wood chips mostly moot point for Swiss winemakers

06/07/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Bottling the rosé, Domaine La Colombe, Féchy, March 2007 Swissinfo carries a useful roundup article on the use of wood chips in wine in Switzerland. Writer Adam Beaumont notes that cantons are overriding federal legislation that has, since January 2007, allowed Swiss winemakers to use oak chips. The chips, whose use does not have to […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Swiss winemakers, Switzerland, wine, wood chips

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