GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The CFF/SBB rail company is soliciting comments from train passengers who use the new pilot project Starbuck’s rail cars that go into service 21 November. The two companies have agreed to run the pilot project for nine months: two restaurant cars will be converted into mobile Starbucks cafés with a take-away on […]
Archives for November 2013
Lecture: Le vin, la vie, la mort
Socialogist Gabriel Bender, author of several books on wine and society, talks about how wine traditionally accompanies all stages of our lives, from the celebration of a birth to the bottle emptied to mark a death (free, French). Part of a conference series at the Valais Vine and Wine Museum, Sierre, which will open after the talk to visit the Oswald Ruppen photo exhibit.
E-cigarette public transport ban in December
BERN, SWITZERLAND – E-cigarettes will be banned on public transport throughout Switzerland as of 15 December the association of public transport operators said 12 November. The cigarettes are not illegal, but agents working for bus, tram and train companies have trouble identifying them, the group says. Tobacco-based cigars and cigarettes are banned on public transport. […]
Rolle Foire aux vins
Local wine producers under one tent, presenting their wines – a great chance to talk to them and you can buy and take home the wines you taste.
Barkavin
Geneva wine & eaux-de-vie fair, 2 wine tasting evenings