“Whiskey, you’re the devil” is the start of a song by Ireland’s Clancy Brothers that I’ve always liked. It came right to mind when I saw a new line of apple design pottery from my favourite Irish pottery, Nicholas Mosse, whom I got to know when I lived on the west coast of Ireland. Tucked […]
Archives for April 2014
Swiss wines step up marketing effort in Germany
Home crowd: Arvinis wine fair attendance slips, but sales up MORGES, SWITZERLAND – Marketing efforts for Swiss wines are being stepped up in Germany while at home the crowds turned out once again to meet the new vintages in Morges. The Arvinis wine fair closed its doors Monday night with atendance down slightly to around […]
Anti-insecticide wine producer handed light fine
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Emmanuel Giboulot, who has become a hero in the world of organic wines, was handed a €500 fine by a judge in Dijon, France Monday 7 April,for refusing to spray his wine grapes with a strong insecticide. He was ordered, along with other growers in the Cote d’Or region in Burgundy, to […]
Second bear cub dies on Bern
BERN, SWITZERLAND – A second bear cub born in January at the Dählhölzli zoo in Bern was put to sleep Monday after its mother, Mascha, stopped taking care of her babies. The father, Misha, had become increasingly aggressive towards his offspring and last week he killed one of them, tossing it in the air. The […]
Weekend animals roundup, literally
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss train passengers traveling between French-speaking Switzerland and Zurich Sunday were rerouted via Biel/Bienne for three hours, missing all the excitement in canton Bern. Several police patrols, farmers and railway staff spent the afternoon chasing six beef yearlings that decided to offer themselves a day away from the farm. Some of them […]