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Archives for December 2014

Swiss will vote on doubling size of Gotthard tunnel

19/12/2014 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss voters will be asked, sometime after the politically sensitive parliamentary elections of 2016, to vote on doubling the Gotthard road tunnel. More than 100,000 signatures have been gathered against the proposed addition of a second tunnel for the Gotthard, which has regular tailbacks, especially during peak holiday travel periods. But a […]

Filed Under: Travels

It’s the Escalade! Watch out for pedestrians

11/12/2014 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The annual Escalade parade, with 1,000 people taking part, is Friday 12 December from 09:00-13:00. Police in Geneva are warning drivers about possible traffic jams and rerouting; they should be on the lookout for traffic wardens giving directions. The Escalade is Geneva’s commemoration of the day in 1602 when citizens pushed back […]

Filed Under: Travels

Beer for same taste, wine for exploring taste

11/12/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The BBC has a fine article on how science has helped beer in recent years, much of it focusing on one of my personal favourites, Guinness. Part of the message is that beermakers seek consistency and go to great lengths to make sure a Guinness is a Guinness is a … you get it, the […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: beer, Bovet, Bursins, Delaharpe, Dutruy, Founex, Givrins, hail, vintages

Chasselas: a great 2013 vintage, but a disastrous year

10/12/2014 by Ellen Wallace

Republished from ellenwine.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The weather catastrophes in 2013 left a strong mark on canton Vaud’s vineyards, and now we have the statistics from the canton to prove it. Only 21 million litres of wine were made, a 28 percent drop compared to the average for the previous 10 years, and the lowest […]

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2013 was as bad as we thought, for Vaud vineyards

10/12/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Vines suffered – but the wine is very good! LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The weather catastrophes in 2013 left a strong mark on canton Vaud’s vineyards, and now we have the statistics from the canton to prove it. Only 21 million litres of wine were made, a 28 percent drop compared to the average for the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: canton Vaud, Chasselas, Gamaret, Garanoir, hail damage, statistics, vintage 2013

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