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Archives for May 2014

Hot chocolate, wine hike and book break

31/05/2014 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – I’ll be posting news here just occasionally for the next 10 days as I take a holiday break, using the back-to-back long weekends (Ascension now, Pentecost/Whit next). It’s a working holiday, with a book to finish and get to the printer: pub date is mid-August! Meanwhile, here are a […]

Filed Under: News, Vineglorious! Swiss wine book, Wineries

Discovering a bit of Valais vineyard paradise

31/05/2014 by Ellen Wallace 3 Comments

Valais, as the largest Swiss wine region, spread out over a large area, has three days for its winery open days – the other regions generally have two days. A new idea this year from the Musée du Vin et de la Vigne (MVV) in Sierre-Salgesch/Salquenen was to offer an inexpensive (CHF15) and relatively easy […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Martigny Sierre, mazot, Musée du vin et de la vigne, MVV, Plan-Cerisier, Salgesch

Geneva’s illegal resort taxis thumped

31/05/2014 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Fines of up to CHF10,000 have been issued to illegal minibus drivers after police in Geneva this spring pulled in for questioning 11 operators of illegal taxis making runs between the airport in Geneva and the ski resorts of Nendaz and Verbier. The group was identified thanks to close work between customs […]

Filed Under: Travels

Long weekend: extra trains, traffic, weather, Vaud wines

28/05/2014 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Ascension weekend begins this evening, with many people in Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe taking a four-day weekend. Expect heavy traffic on the roads, so avoid peak travel times, suggests the Swiss Federal Highway Office. The CFF rail company is putting on extra trains to handle the increase in passengers. And […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries

Valais winery open days

28/05/2014 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

  GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s six wine regions each have winery open days, spread out over several weekends. Geneva and Ticino had theirs last weekend, pulling in good crowds. This weekend Valais has its turn, taking advantage of the long holiday weekend to run for three days. Next weekend it’s Vaud’s turn. The basic principle […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: canton Valais, open days, open house, Vins du Valais, wineries

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