BERN, SWITZERLAND – Restaurants throughout Switzerland are preparing to focus on Swiss wines during the third annual Swiss Wine Week scheduled for 12-22 November. It’s your best opportunity to sample Swiss wines, and not just local wines, with food designed to go with them. Lake Geneva region examples Check out the interactive map to find […]
News roundup: architecture, jobs, fraud, airport
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A selection of Swiss news highlights, from local media: Tetrapak to close factory Tetrapak is closing its factory in Romont and laying off 123 employees; the state of the economy is leading the manufacturer of packaging, notably milk and juice containers, to move some of its Swiss operations to Hungary, where costs […]
Vaud honoured for stellar wines
BERN, SWITZERLAND – In a remarkable show, winning a number of top awards for Swiss wines, canton Vaud’s producers put their wines in the limelight Thursday evening. The honour of being named Swiss Winery of the Year went to the Domaine de la Ville de Morges, which has been harvesting a string of prizes in […]
Eat your potatoes!
I’m astonished: it seems that we are throwing away more than half of our potatoes in Switzerland. A new report from ETH in Zurich shows that producers are wasting them, but consumers are the worst among the guilty parties. Did you know that we throw away 300 kg of food per person per year? Save […]
What the WHO really says about cancer, meat
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Meat-producing companies and meat packagers are vocal in expressing their unhappiness with the October report from the World Health Organization in Geneva suggesting that red meat and in particular processed meats may cause cancer or be related to cancer development. Here is the report summary in the form of a Q&A from […]