Bordeaux takes top prize, Ticino winery named world champion GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Earl Roumage winery in St Germain du Puch, France, won both the Best Merlot Varietal (single grape) and the Best Foreign Varietal Merlot prizes at the Mondial du Merlot wine competition, the Vinea Association in Sierre announced Friday 28 September. Cantina Monti […]
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Egg yolk separating made easy, blurp!
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Since 12 million people have viewed this video, you might already know how to separate eggs this way, but it was news to me. Anyone tried it? [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz2Vnp5ZW4c]
Autumn announced by migratory birds
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Autumn is here, four days after the official arrival, the 22 September equinox that occurred shortly before 16:00 last Saturday. Migratory birds are pausing to rest on Lake Geneva by the thousands en route from the northern Europe to southern homes where they winter, reports the Swiss Ornithological Institute, which has several […]
Prettiest little garden guest
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – My weekend mountain garden, end of the season tidying, was brightened by this beautiful little Swiss Alpine butterfly, who stayed next to me for the longest time. What a beauty! I believe it’s called Eros blue, based on a number of photos on the site eurobutterflies by Matt Rowlings, where he notes […]
Geneva Motor Show 2013 gets future glam poster
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Geneva Motor Show’s new poster shows a car that blends into the countryside and vice versa, in recognition of the growing emphasis on the environment in the car industry. The winning entry in the poster design came from Euro RSCG in Geneva. The annual car show, which attracts more than 700,000 […]