Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – The Caprices music festival opens Wednesday night to a packed resort: 20,000 people, which is twice as many as in 2007, are expected. Concerts Wednesday and Saturday nights are sold out. The heavy snowfall of the past few days followed by cold air and now blue skies has created […]
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Sierre hosts international Chinese wine competition
Photo: Klaus Zhang, one of two Chinese judges in Sierre for the Sial China competition. Zhang was also a judge in the 2007 Mondial du Pinot Noir competition in Sierre, the only one of its kind in the world. Sierre, Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Vinea in Sierre, Valais, is hosting 25 wine tasters during a […]
Russian mega-project in Valais resort takes form
Mollens and Aminona, Valais, Switzerland (TSR, Fre and Sixieme Dimension in Valais, Fre) – Three hundred citizens of Mollens turned out Tuesday night to look at building plans for a proposed CHF350-400 million luxury resort in nearby Aminona. The Russian developers, Mirax, presented their drawings and models for a resort that will add 1,600 beds […]