GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss rail company’s CFF/SBB.Connect application was named the winner out of 20 bids for the International Public Transport Union’s prize for innovation in customer service. The prize was awarded at the IPTU’s annual meeting, being held this week in Geneva. The free app has a client base of 30,000 since it […]
Nyon restaurant shut – manager in bike accident
NYON, SWITZERLAND – Le Navigateur restaurant in Nyon is closed temporarily following a motorcycle accident Monday that left restaurant manager Arnaud Leroux in serious condition at the Hug university hospitals in Geneva. The Société Nautique de Nyon says it will need a few days to sort out how to re-open the restaurant, while it’s thoughts […]
Colombian coffee gets Switzerland’s 1st foreign IGP protection
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Colombian coffee now has IGP/GGA (indication géographique protégée, PGI in English) protection in Switzerland, one of only nine products given this, and the first foreign one on the official Swiss list. The name cannot be used except by Colombian coffee producers who meet IGP legal requirements. Colombian growers registered the PGI in […]
Little Swiss winery proves the exception for Rhone-loving Syrahs
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Vully is a small region familiar to Swiss lovers of fine wine, but worldwide fans of popular international wine, Syrah, will scratch their heads to hear the name – and yet a Syrah from here has just taken a surprise silver medal at the Mondial du Syrah wine […]
Tips for visiting Geneva’s Caves Ouvertes
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Visiting the open day for Geneva’s wineries will probably involve less suncream than in previous years, but here are a few basic suggestions if you’re joining the thousands who stream out to the canton’s wine villages tomorrow, 25 May. You’ll get the most out of the visits if a) you spit out […]