Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The pleasure of owning good wines that you want to set aside to age into fine wines can diminish sharply if the only place you have to keep them is an overheated storage room next to the soap-smelling laundry area in the bottom of your apartment building. Filip Opdebeeck is a […]
Archives for August 2007
TRAVEL FEATURE / Tibetan thumbing lessons
My life’s hitchhiking experience, at age 19, was two rides for a total distance of under 20km, both in my home country of Switzerland. And then I found myself in Tibet with no means of transport and low on cash. I could have joined one of the many tour groups of foreigners heading into this […]
Group formed to find new centre to replace Morges’s Halles CFF
Morges, Vaud, Switzerland (24 Heures, Fre) – A public-private foundation was created Monday to find a new centre that will replace the old wooden Halles CFF next to the train station in Morges. The building will be torn down and the group has already begun to study options put forward by Morges, Tolochenaz, Lully and […]
FEATURE / A year in the life of a vigneron: visiting the cellar
Editor’s note: This is the ninth 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. At the end of the article you will find tips for […]
FEATURE: Swiss wine 2007 harvest hangs in the balance, could be excellent
"This could be the year of the winemaker" in Switzerland, said Francois Murisier, head of the wine section at the Changins Federal Agricultural Research Station in Nyons. All eyes will be on the skies in coming weeks, at least in the vineyards. If the weather is relatively sunny and dry for the rest of the […]