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Archives for September 2014

Harvest time, slow down!

30/09/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Grape harvesting has begun and you can expect slooooow traffic on secondary roads in all the grape-growing areas in Switzerland. Sign from a container for grapes harvested by machine, 30 September in Tartegnin, Vaud, and the entry to the village.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: harvest, signs, vendange

Basel testing cross-border trams

30/09/2014 by Ellen Wallace

BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Basel began testing a cross-border tram, line number 8 from Kleinhüningen to Weil am Rhein in Germany, Monday 29 September, reports the Railway Gazette. “An initial two weeks of technical tests for all tram types in the BVB fleet will lead up to German BOStrab certification in mid-October, overseen by Stuttgart-based TAB. […]

Filed Under: Travels

Down below, preparing for the harvest

29/09/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

At dawn Sunday, it looked like this, the mist hanging over the vineyards of Sierre, Miège, Salgesch and beyond, in canton Valais. Quiet vineyards, but as of today in full swing with the harvest (although they began last week).

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: dawn, Miège, Salgesch, Valais, Visp

Blueberries catching on in Switzerland

28/09/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – In just 10 years the consumption of blueberries in Switzerland has grown from 500 to 2,200 tons a year and in the past five years the space given over to growing them has nearly doubled. But the Swiss still consume only 50 g per person per year – compared to 600 g/person […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: blueberries, cultivated, new varieties, soil type, Switzerland

Vineglorious! review in Wine-searcher

27/09/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Latest review of Vineglorious! Switzerland’s Wondrous World of Wines, from Wine-searcher international magazine/wine database. You might also want to check out my comment at the end, with some responses and information about the upcoming index, whose publication was delayed a bit. All reviews and media mentions of the book

Filed Under: News, Vineglorious! Swiss wine book Tagged With: review, Vineglorious!, Wine-searcher

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