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Archives for March 2011

Agenda: the season for tasting new wines is upon us

31/03/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Put these dates on your wine-tasting calendar, with 2010 whites freshly bottled in Switzerland: Whet your appetite as the tasting season opens by learning more about Chasselas, aka fendant in canton Valais: the Wine museum in Sierre, canton Valais, has a wonderful lecture series and 7 April you have a chance […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Arvinis, events, Memoire des Vins Suisses, new wines, wine-tasting

GL travel writer gives hitchhiking tips to Chinese

26/03/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Liam Bates, who has occasionally contributed to GenevaLunch for the past four years as a travel writer, is interviewed in English Tuesday 22 March by China Daily about the art of hitchhiking in China. “Smile” is the first tip, as he recounts his travels across the country. GenevaLunch readers will recognize him as one of […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: China, China Daily, Dream Ski Week, hitch-hiking, Liam Bates, Swiss

St Patrick and the Irish contribution to drink, Sláinte! (update)

17/03/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – It’s Saint Patrick’s day, when thoughts turn to all things Irish in some households (mine), starting with the first drink of the day. In my case, it was a fine cuppa, from a new packet of Bewley’s Irish tea, some of the best breakfast tea around, served by my husband in […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Bailey's Irish cream, Bewley's, Guinness, Ireland, Irish tea, Irish whiskey, Kilkenny, Saint Patrick

Vaud road deaths down, bikers still most at risk

14/03/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The number of people killed in road accidents in Vaud in 2010 is 40 percent lower than in 2003, show new figures for the canton issued Monday 14 March. Thirty-six people lost their lives in 2010, compared to 63 in 2003. The main factors remain speed, inattention, refusal to give priority […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: 2010, Cantonal Police, deaths, drunkenness, inattention, police, priority, speeding, statistics, Vaud

Swiss dream ski week, part 4: Scuol

14/03/2011 by Ellen Wallace

This is the fourth in the Swiss dream ski week series, where Nick and Liam Bates, regular contributors to GenevaLunch, see how much great skiing at top Swiss resorts they can pack into one week. Be sure to check their tips at the end. Click on images to view larger Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – This […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: cuisine, Graubuenden, resorts, Scuol, Sent, skiing, snowboard parks, Swiss dream ski week, Switzerland, thermal baths

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