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Archives for December 2012

Zurich’s “unique” contribution to wine world in 2013

22/12/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Don’t miss the extraordinary tale, a GenevaLunch.com feature, of how the “1895” wine yeast that made headlines in 2008 has moved from a 113 year old bottle to the world stage, where it will be marketed in 2013.

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: "1895" yeast, Agroscope, Räuschling, research, wine, Zurich

Vintage 1895 Zurich wine yeast ready for the world

22/12/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Zurich’s Rauschling wine: proof of a genie in the bottle ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – A live yeast discovered four years ago in an 1895 Rauschling wine from Obermeilen, canton Zurich, will provide the world’s winemakers with an exciting new option in 2013. The yeast, which plays an important role in developing a wine’s nose, or unique […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: "1895" yeast, Agroscope, aromas, biomass, disgorgement, distilled beverages, dormant, fruitiness, Juerg Gafner, live yeast, Meiler 1895, nose, Obermeilen, old vintage, Rauschling grape, Reblaude, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schwarzenbach family, sparkling wines, wine yeast, Zurich

Geneva train station to have major expansion by 2025 (update)

19/12/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Updated 18:45 with figures from joint statement GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The makeover has already begun at Geneva’s Cornavin train station, as any occasional traveler trying to make sense of the frequent changes in the past two years has noted. Wednesday afternoon 19 December the city, canton, federal officials and the CFF rail company put it […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: changes, construction, Gare Cornavin, Lake Geneva area, makeover, rail travel, Switzerland's news in English

Feeding the bees: mama doesn’t treat them equally

10/12/2012 by Ellen Wallace

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – I’ll never look at my garden bees in the same way again, knowing what those queen sweat bees are up to. Researchers at the University of Lausanne have shown that queen bees limit the food their first batch of daughters receive. The first brood remains small, workers who help raise the second […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: bees, daughters, feeding, mothers, reproduction, University of Lausanne research, workers

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