BERN, SWITZERLAND – In a remarkable show, winning a number of top awards for Swiss wines, canton Vaud’s producers put their wines in the limelight Thursday evening. The honour of being named Swiss Winery of the Year went to the Domaine de la Ville de Morges, which has been harvesting a string of prizes in […]
Archives for October 2015
Eat your potatoes!
I’m astonished: it seems that we are throwing away more than half of our potatoes in Switzerland. A new report from ETH in Zurich shows that producers are wasting them, but consumers are the worst among the guilty parties. Did you know that we throw away 300 kg of food per person per year? Save […]
What the WHO really says about cancer, meat
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Meat-producing companies and meat packagers are vocal in expressing their unhappiness with the October report from the World Health Organization in Geneva suggesting that red meat and in particular processed meats may cause cancer or be related to cancer development. Here is the report summary in the form of a Q&A from […]
New to Switzerland, babies or antiques – 3 good tools
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – This is a good week for additional sources of help and information if you’re new to the Lake Geneva region – or new to the world of babies. Comparis, new web section on moving to Switzerland Comparis, which for nearly 20 years has been providing consumers with price comparisons for services and […]
Martigny opens a very special hotel
Swiss quality hotel, with a mentally handicapped team MARTIGNY, SWITZERLAND / OPINION – It’s not every day I’m this charmed by a hotel, but here is one I would love to see filled year-round, and not just because the remarkable staff is mostly a group of mentally handicapped people. It’s called the Martigny Boutique Hotel […]