Morges will be the place to be this weekend, with a number of wine-related events and activities. Check the calendar on this site for details. The Cidis Cave grand opening of its new vinification facilities is just 3km from the centre of Morges, in Tolochenaz. This is the regional cooperative and if you know anything […]
Archives for September 2015
2015 harvest: simply beautiful
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The weather gods have been good. The 2015 grape harvest is officially underway in many areas and we can now say it: very good to great wine grape quality in most parts of Switzerland, with a slight dip in quantity. The sun has been shining, the evenings have been cool, the rain […]
Literary wine, a post-weekend love affair
What a crazy weekend – first, 2.5 days of intense wine education at Vinea, the wine fair in Sierre. It ended for me and a group of journalists Saturday night late, with an extraordinary dinner at Didier de Courten’s restaurant, 19/20 Gault&Millau, with a lineup of beautiful wines to accompany the meal. The only problem […]
News media, autistic child and Swiss flight
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – Swiss media yesterday picked up an article from an Israeli newspaper, about a family that was taken off a Swiss plane in Zurich after their 8-year-old autistic boy had a “crise“. I didn’t post a news article about it because I wanted to see the public reaction: the newsworthiness […]
Weekend: A1 road detours, some trains not running
Expect autoroute detours this weekend GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The A1 autoroute will be closed for short nighttime stretches several times this week, to allow workers to replace information panels. Wednesday 2 September, 22:30 to 04:00 Thursday, the A1 between Meyrin and Bernex junctions will be closed: note that it will not be possible to take […]