The Vinea Swiss wine app was released a year ago for iPhones/iPads and now it’s available for android via Google Play. It’s been updated and improved, as are most apps after a few months on the market, but this already very useful app – and it’s free – now includes the winners of the 2013 Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, which is Switzerland’s national wine competition.
The awards ceremony was earlier this week in Bern. GenevaLunch feature on the award-winning wines. More …
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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Friday shoppers at Migros in Vaud will be surprised to see new bags at the checkout that look like plastic but are not: biodegradable, re-usable, compostable. Plastic bags will soon have seen their day at Swiss supermarkets, thanks to parliament’s decision to ban them. Migros, the country’s largest supermarket chain, is taking […]