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Archives for June 2014

When the sugar is worse than the booze

25/06/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Ad Age has an article about the latest trend in sweet drinks in the US. The only good thing I can see coming out of this combination of excess sugar and excess booze is a faint hope that there will be a strong reaction to it at some point and everyone will swear off sweetness. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: sweet drinks

Five wines for Chinese visitors

24/06/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Last week I gave a presentation on Swiss wines and led a tasting session of five wines from western Switzerland  for a group of 30 Chinese managers from Harbin. They are following a three-week intensive course at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz’s International Programme in Solothurn. Strong interest, lively discussions and wonderful questions all around. Here are […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Chamoson, Chasselas, Dôle, Domaine des Muses, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz's International Programme, Féchy, Fribourg, Henri Cruchon, Morges, Muscat, Oeil de Perdrix, Pinot Noir, Servagnin, Sierre, Valais, Vaud, Vully

Traffic alert, Tour de Suisse bike race

18/06/2014 by Ellen Wallace

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Police in canton Vaud are alerting drivers to traffic delays Saturday 21 June during the eighth leg of the Tour de Suisse bike race, from Délémont to Verbier. Traffic in the direction opposite to the race will be stopped while the race passes through, and areas particularly affected are Avenches, Montreux and […]

Filed Under: Travels

News roundup: Bol d’Or, trains, Geneva murder

14/06/2014 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – News summaries for the Lake Geneva area: Murder: man shoots ex-wife in Geneva A 35-year-old man is under arrest on suspicion of shooting his 42-year-old ex-wife, a Mexican woman, Geneva police said Saturday, without providing many details. The Tribune de Geneve reports that he was under orders to stay away from her, […]

Filed Under: Travels

Wine producer Giroud, Secret Service agent arrested (update)

12/06/2014 by Ellen Wallace

Ongoing fraud scandal adds data theft dimension GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD -Update, Friday 13 June: Geneva’s public prosecutor said this afternoon that three of those detained will be held, including Dominique Giroud, will be jailed until 14 July while the fourth person, the secret service agent who appears to be involved, will be held […]

Filed Under: News, Wineries

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