MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Music and wine, a nice combo, was on the Montreux agenda late Thursday, with canton Vaud wine awards handed out. Mathieu Jaton, the new director of the Montreux Jazz Festival, opened the ceremony. Here’s the list of the top winners in each category. I’ll add my comments, links […]
Getting close to CHF200 million from hail damage
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Suisse Grêle, the Swiss hail crop insurer, said Tuesday that damage to vines and other crops from the hail storm 20 June will probably come to CHF33 million, more than double the initial estimates. Vaud and Neuchatel were most heavily hit, with CHF12m and 12.5m respectively in damages, while Geneva had CHF4m […]
Brits coming to Swiss music festivals, a heads-up!
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss summer outdoor music festivals have grown in number, size and popularity, not just with the Swiss but with foreigners. Old ideas die hard, and one of these is that Switzerland is completely safe, which tends to lead many foreigners to do things they would never do at home, ignoring basic common […]
Summer spotlight: Geneva’s Broken Chair
Republished with permission, Talking Beautiful Stuff (view photos larger on original post) By Robin Coupland GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I cross Geneva on a hot day. I bump into a friend who asks where I am going. I tell him I am heading for Place des Nations to take photos of Broken Chair. “There’s some guy […]
Au fil de l’eau… Le Fendant
Wine tasting and presentation: Chasselas grape variety – food and entertainment for the family