BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland is a treasure trove of beautiful things from the recent past, in large part because they are so often well maintained. The National Hotel in Bern has a beautiful 100-plus-year-old Schindler elevator, as does the Chateau Mercier, built in 1908 for the Mercier family of Lausanne as a second home in […]
Archives for October 2013
Swiss wine awards: Vaud shines
Valais cooperative Provins named Winemaker of the Year BERN, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Provins in Sion, Valais, a cooperative that is the country’s largest wine producer, walked away from the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse (GPVS) awards in Bern Tuesday night with the title of Swiss Winemaker of the Year 2103 for its […]
Editor at wine gala, news tomorrow
Tomorrow we’ll be back to the news, but this is a wine day at GenevaLunch.com, with the morning spent tasting some beautiful Swiss sparkling wines that you’ll soon hear about, in Lausanne, and riding the Metro, one of the city’s best-ever improvements, before taking the train above Lavaux (a must-ride in October for anyone in […]
Swiss tourism forecast relatively upbeat
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The latest forecast for tourism in Switzerland is more upbeat than it has been for months, with the winter season promising a 2.9 percent increase in the number of overnight stays and the summer of 2014 numbers rising by 2.3 percent . The increase in the short term from foreign tourism is […]
Zurich Airport gets fake hostage drill
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Zurich International Airport was the scene of much excitement Monday, based on a fictional hijacking of an Airbus 320 with 91 passengers and 6 crew members on board. “Libero 13” was an emergency exercise staged to see how well airport officials, cantonal police, special police forces and the airline (in this case […]