The first Lausanne Food Truck Festival at Place Riponne is off to a lively, sunny start. It’s open until 21:00 this evening, Thursday 28 May. If you’re in town, head over and join the crowd.
Archives for May 2015
WRS radio interview: Geneva caves ouvertes
Interview by Tony Johnston at WRS radio about Geneva’s special little treasure chest wines, the perfect something-different for the wineries’ open house day Saturday, 30 May 2015. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207497270″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”150″ iframe=”true” /]
Geneva’s open house: seek special treasures
Geneva holds its wineries’ open house day this Saturday, 30 May, a great chance to discover some of the little treasure chest wines hidden there. Grape names you rarely hear in Switzerland, or at least not in French-speaking Switzerland, like Scheurebe, Kerner, Findling, Dunkelfelder and Cabernet Dorsaz, are on the wine lists of several wineries. […]
Geographic Indications get more protection
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The kind of legal protection available to AOC’s (Appelation d’Origine Contrôlée) is being expanded to products with Geographic indications (GI), following the signing in Geneva 22 May of the Geneva Act to the Lisbon Agreement. Expect a more complete worldwide register of foods and drinks tied to the notion of place known […]
Swiss train schedule 2016: impact of railworks
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Geneva-Lausanne will take 3 minutes longer, but Morges is being added back to the ICN stops; Grandson is connected to Lausanne; Geneva-St Gallen will be 18 minutes shorter with no stops between Winterthur and St Gallen; the Lausanne-Zurich ICN trains will be moved by 30 minutes, which will allow Yverdon/Neuchtael-Zurich trains to […]