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Archives for March 2012

Ellen’s Wine World on FB: everything in the world of Swiss wine!

25/03/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Ellen’s Wine World has just kicked off on Facebook, home to tasting notes, shared wisdom from other Swiss wine fans, videos, photos of Swiss vineyards throughout the year, events on the wine calendar and special daily or near-daily nuggets from Ellen’s Wine Almanac. That Ellen and this one are the same person, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: calendars, Ellen's Wine Almanac, Ellen's Wine World, events, Facebook page on Swiss wine, photos, Tasting notes, videos

Spring cleaning in vineyards: growers go after tiny mites

25/03/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Mites are back, thanks to global warming, and that’s not good news for winelovers. Cheer on those growers out among the vines in coming weeks, as they go after the cheeky little pests who party in hordes and destroy young growth on vines. The problem is that mites love dry, hot summers, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: ACW, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil, global warming, grapevines, insecticides, pesticides, pests, predators, Swiss federal agricultural research station, Switzerland, Valais

Get long trains and you have to get long buildings, Zurich learns

20/03/2012 by Ellen Wallace

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The first shovel of dirt was lifted 16 March for the new Herdern train storage shed in Zurich, a visible sign of how growing rail traffic is affecting Switzerland. The CFF rail company today carries 40 percent more passengers than in 2004 and one of the solutions to handle the continual growth […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Bombardier double-decker trains, CFF, handicapped access, new train shed, Swiss rail, Switzerland, trains, Zurich

Cancellara rides for cycling safety in new bpa campaign

19/03/2012 by Ellen Wallace

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Fabian Cancellara, Switzerlands’s four-time world champion cyclists, is getting a different kind of publicity with the new spring campaign from bpa/bfu, the Swiss Safety Council. “Lovelo” about loving your bike – with a helmet on – has a simple message: put your helmet on right by testing with two fingers above your […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: BFU, bicycles, bikes, BPA, cycling, Fabian Cancellara, safety campaign, Swiss Safety Council, world champion

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