I’ve just finished another wine show with Pete Forster on WRS, this time talking about what’s happening around us right now – the harvest is going on and winemaking is starting. The sights and smells of fermentation, maturing, aging the wine: how we get from grapes on the vine to good stuff in the bottle. […]
Archives for September 2015
September’s many Swiss faces
Cooler but very dry or soggy GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – September was nearly 1 degree cooler than average, and either extremely dry or way too wet, depending on where you were. South of the Alps the average temperature was 1 to 2.5C cooler. The grape harvests now underway throughout the country are giving evidence of the […]
Swiss news roundup: cars, fires, implants, insurance
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A roundup of news from Western Switzerland Monday, shortly after the total eclipse of the “blood moon”, well documented by RTS. Fires in Vaud Firefighters were called to a fire in Pully and another near Rougement, on the Vaud-Fribourg border, over the weekend. The Rougement fire, very early Sunday, appears to have […]
Lavaux for a lamb-friendly red
The weather is chilly, the leaves are turning, and I’m ready for roast lamb again. I was leaving the Vinorama wine centre in Lavaux after a ribbon-cutting event for a new hiking trail, in late April. On the spur of the moment I said to the staff that my husband was home preparing lamb, potatoes […]
Customs agents get new anti-scam scanner
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss customs agents have been using x-ray equipment since 2003 to check bags and merchandise, but this week they have recently begun using a more sophisticated scanner in Geneva. The new system was installed at Bardonnex, a major border for trucks carrying merchandise. The amount of marijuana picked up at Swiss border […]