ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Zurich Airport handled 1.9 million passengers in March, up 1.6 percent over a year earlier, although passenger traffic since the start of the year has dipped by 0.5 percent. Sales at the airport have increased by more than traffic, the Moody Report notes, based on figures published 10 April by the airport, […]
Rioja organic wines visit Lausanne tonight
WORLD WINES – This just in the door: the public is invited to a wine-tasting that is out of the ordinary, from 16:00-20:00 Tuesday 30 April, at the Lausanne Palace, rue du Grand-Chène 7, 1003 Lausanne (I’m also posting this on our new events site). Seven organic wineries from Rioja who are looking for an […]
Swiss drinking less milk, less wine but cheese and chocolates are happy staples
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Chocolate and cheese consumption in Switzerland aren’t slipping, but two liquid icons of Swissness are continuing their downward trend: milk and wine consumption are both slipping, despite an increasing population. Whether the larger share of foreigners in the population partially explains the change is a matter for conjecture. Cheese consumption has remained […]
Wines selected for introduction to wine tasting Friday night, Arvinis
Prize offered to best “student” at tonght’s introduction to wine tasting class! GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I’ve lined up the six beautiful wines plus one to help us get started for tonight’s “Introduction to wine tasting” class in English at 18:00 at Arvinis in Morges. The class is one hour long and will give you the […]
Chateau de Chillon awards major design project to Lausanne architect
Switzerland’s most popular tourist attraction to house new service areas GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Chateau de Chillon has awarded first prize in its architectural and landscape competition for a new cafeteria and boutique to Lausanne architectural firm Dreier Frenzel, with art historian Clément Crevoisier. The award comes with prize money of CHF30,000 and a recommendation […]