GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – David Kind is a small wine producer with a prodigious talent for good wines and he’s just been amply rewarded for his work at the annual 7 Ceps wine competition in Bourg-en-Bresse, France. The competition brings together producers from seven wine regions around Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak: […]
Cornavin the beautiful, nearly ready!
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Three more days before the grand re-opening of Gare Cornavin, the main train station in Geneva, when its renovated frescos are again on display, new shopping areas and shops will open and most if not all of the new access areas for pedestrians will go into operation. The major renovation of the […]
Swiss first-ever food & wine week kicks off
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Swiss wine producers and Swiss restaurants have a treat in store for diners over the next 10 days, as the first-ever Swiss Wine Week gets underway. Diners can go to the web site and search for a restaurant using the map, where each dot represents a restaurant taking […]
Swiss Wine Week
Swiss Wine Week is a wonderful new idea from the wine and food industries in Switzerland. It kicks off country-wide Thursday 28 November and lasts for 10 days. It brings together restaurants and wineries to give diners a chance to discover Swiss wines. So far, for this first-ever event that promises to become a national […]
Travel alert, Matterhorn Gotthardbahn train crash
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A delivery car and the Matterhorn Gotthardbahn train crashed Monday morning in the hamlet of Morel. Two people were injured slightly in the accident that overturned two of the three cars that were part of the train. Police and the rail company have not provided details about the cause of the accident. […]