GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – France and Switzerland this week signed a letter of intent in Paris for the new cross-border regional rail services planned for December 2017. The new system will be a 230-kilometre French and Swiss network that covers 45 stations, including Geneva, Coppet and Nyon in Switzerland, with Evian, Bellegarde, Annecy and St Gervais […]
Bag it! Biodegradable hits the checkout
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Friday shoppers at Migros in Vaud will be surprised to see new bags at the checkout that look like plastic but are not: biodegradable, re-usable, compostable. Plastic bags will soon have seen their day at Swiss supermarkets, thanks to parliament’s decision to ban them. Migros, the country’s largest supermarket chain, is taking […]
Peek into the past, an old Bern elevator
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland is a treasure trove of beautiful things from the recent past, in large part because they are so often well maintained. The National Hotel in Bern has a beautiful 100-plus-year-old Schindler elevator, as does the Chateau Mercier, built in 1908 for the Mercier family of Lausanne as a second home in […]
Swiss wine awards: Vaud shines
Valais cooperative Provins named Winemaker of the Year BERN, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Provins in Sion, Valais, a cooperative that is the country’s largest wine producer, walked away from the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse (GPVS) awards in Bern Tuesday night with the title of Swiss Winemaker of the Year 2103 for its […]
Editor at wine gala, news tomorrow
Tomorrow we’ll be back to the news, but this is a wine day at GenevaLunch.com, with the morning spent tasting some beautiful Swiss sparkling wines that you’ll soon hear about, in Lausanne, and riding the Metro, one of the city’s best-ever improvements, before taking the train above Lavaux (a must-ride in October for anyone in […]